Ircon International on behalf of the government of India (GoI), has handed over the newly commissioned cross-border rail section from Jaynagar (0.00 km) to Kurtha (34.90 km) to the government of Nepal on 22 October 2021.
Under the grant assistance from the government of India and MoU signed between GoI and GoN to undertake Indo-Nepal Cross Border Railway Projects, the work of Jaynagar (India) to Bardibas (Nepal) rail line project was entrusted to Ircon International.
Phase-I of 34.9 km Jaynagar-Kurtha section is part of 68.72 km Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas rail link being built under the government of India grant assistance of NPR 8.77 billion.
This section was earlier a narrow-gauge rail link between Jayanagar and Bijalpura. There are eight stations and halts on the Jaynagar-Kurtha section, which includes the historically important station of Janakpur.