Ambox current red.svg This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2015) There was the only functioning Nepalese passenger railway in Nepal until it was closed down due to construction of a new standard gauge line due to be completed by 2017. This 59 km narrow gauge railway ran between Janakpur in Nepal and Jainagar in India close to the border between the two nations, and was of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge. The line continued to Bijalpura, but this section is currently redundant due to a damaged bridge. The capital, Kathmandu, has no railway connections at all. Several Indian Railways lines cross the border into Nepal and continue for short distances into the Nepalese plains. There is a joint Nepalese/Indian freight line connecting Raxaul (Indian/Nepalese border) and Sirsiya (Nepal). Currently Nepal Railway is running between Janakpur to Jaynagar (approx 29 km) only with 1 remaining diesel locomotive ZDM 524, out of 4 given as a gift by India to replace steam. According to a BBC television programme broadcast in March 2015, the line closed in 2014. The programme stated that Indian Railways had started the construction of a broad gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) replacement line, planned to be open in 2017. Also stated was that a line linking India with China through Nepal had been proposed.
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