Transport in Nepal

The first railway line began in 1927 with the length of 48 kilometres (30 mi) between Amlekhganj and Raxaul (India).

[1] The Government of Nepal has also established many organisations and offices to construct and maintain the roads inside and outside the Kathmandu Valley.

The first vehicles (jeeps) were run on this road by Queen Kanti Rajyalaxmi in December 1953, on the fifth day of her marriage.

The former is a 6 km (3.7 mi) line from Raxaul, India to Sirsiya Inland Container Depot (a dry port) near Birgunj, Nepal, and is primarily used for freight transport.

[8] The latter is a 51 km (32 mi) line from Jaynagar, India to Janakpur, Nepal, and is used primarily for passenger transport.

[11] The China–Nepal railway is a planned line through Kathmandu, linking the Indian Subcontinent with Lhasa in Tibet.

[15] The famous Dhorsing-Chisapnai-Chandragiri ropeway passing into Kathmandu was built by Chandra Shamser Rana in 1922.

It was upgraded in 1964 to reach to Hetauda with a total length of 42 km with technical and financial assistance from USAID.

As of May 2004, there are 25 Tar Pul in Kavre, Gorkha, Myagdi, Udaypur, Chitwan and Lamjung [16] A gravity ropeway operates by using potential energy with mechanical power.