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Detailed explanation-1: -In a historic move to boost connectivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday inaugurated the first broad-gauge passenger railway service connecting Bihar’s Jayanagar with Nepal’s Kurtha region.

Detailed explanation-2: -India–Nepal Jaynagar–Bardibas railway line is a semi-operational line between India and Nepal. DEMU passenger service is operation on this route. Raxaul–Kathmandu railway line and Jogbani–Biratnagar railway line are other two proposed routes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jaynagar-Kurtha Railway line is 68.7 km long in which a total of 34.9 km long line falls under the Indian Railways part. The rest of the line is handed over to Nepal Railway Company Ltd. The Indian Government helped Nepal in completing this rail project. India contributed Rs.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1850s, the Great Indian Peninsula Railway adopted the gauge of 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) for the first passenger railway in India between Bori Bunder and Thane. This was then adopted as the standard for the nationwide network. Indian Railways today predominantly operates on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first railway in Nepal was the Nepal Government Railway (NGR), a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway, built by the British in 1927, during the Rana period. The railway connected Raxaul in British India with Amlekhganj in the Kingdom of Nepal.