Why doesn't Nepal have railways?

Construction of highways in mountainous and hilly terrain is costly, but construction of railways is more coslty. The DPR prepared by the Korean firms last year had concluded that the construction of the Simara-Bardibas section including a 36-km Simara-Birgunj link will cost around Rs 100 billion. read more

probably because these roads would need to be created every year after the incessant monsoon deluge and engineering such an model requires visionary leaders or wars to create the necessity. read more

Introduced to Nepal during the Rana period, the Raxaul-Amlekhagunj section of the Nepal Government Railway (NGR) was built as a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway. This 39 km (24 mi) * long line built by the British in 1927, allowed people from different areas of the country to reach Amlekhganj, and helped move heavy vehicles to Bhimphedi. read more