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Nepal’s train comes into operation from today



KATHMANDU: A train service will be operated from Jayanagar-Janakpur from today.

The train is going to be operated without passengers for the time being.

General Manager of Nepal Railway Company Niranjan Jha informed that the train will be operated without passengers till the inauguration.

The train is being run from Janakpur to India’s Jayanagar.

Jha informed that they will start carrying passengers only after the inauguration of the train.

From today, the market and people’s movement in the railway track have been banned.

Meanwhile, no date has been set for the official inauguration of the railway service.

Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to jointly inaugurate the railway by holding a virtual program.

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