Railways

total: 59 km; between Janakpur and Jainagar

Jainagar

Jainagar is a city and a notified area in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is situated on the holy river Kamla. Jainagar is now well connected by broad gauge railway system with the major cities of India, and has a railway line to Nepal, though this is currently in poor condition...

, close to India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n border

narrow gauge: 59 km of gauge

Railway links with adjacent countries

China

Transportation in the People's Republic of China

Transport in the People's Republic of China has experienced major growth and expansion in recent years. Airports, roads, and railway construction will provide a massive employment boost in China over the next decade....

 - proposed - gauge India - yes - gauge preferred, gauge obsolete
There is only a railway in the southern part of Nepal, bordering India. The capital, Kathmandu, has no railway connections at all.

2008

Proposals to build a railway from Lhasa

Lhasa

Lhasa is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China and the second most populous city on the Tibetan Plateau, after Xining. At an altitude of , Lhasa is one of the highest cities in the world...

 in Tibet

Tibet Autonomous Region

The Tibet Autonomous Region , Tibet or Xizang for short, also called the Xizang Autonomous Region is a province-level autonomous region of the People's Republic of China , created in 1965....

, China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 to Nepal.

Highways

Highway

Highway

A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...

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• total: 13,223 km
• paved: 4,073 km
• unpaved: 9,150 km (1999 est.)

Airports - with paved runways

• total: 9
• over 3,047 m: 1
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
• 914 to 1,523 m: 7 (2002)

Airports - with unpaved runways

• total: 36
• 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
• 914 to 1,523 m: 7
• under 914 m: 28 (2002)