Janakpurdham | |
Native Name: | जनकपुरधाम |
Style: | Nepal Railway |
Address: | Janakpur, Dhanusha District, Madhesh Province |
Country: | Nepal |
Coordinates: | 26.734°N 85.937°W |
Owned: | Department of Railways |
Line: | Jaynagar–Bardibas railway line |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 3 |
Structure: | Standard (on-ground station) |
Parking: | Yes |
Bicycle: | Yes |
Status: | Functioning |
Operator: | Nepal Railway |
Code: | JNKPE |
Opened: | 1937 |
Electrified: | No |
Years: | 1936–1937 |
Events: | Construction |
Years1: | 1937 |
Events1: | Inauguration |
Years2: | 2014-2019 |
Events2: | Reconstruction |
Map Type: | Nepal Madhesh Province#Nepal |
Map Size: | 300 |
Janakpurdham Railway Station (JNKPE) is a railway station located in Dhanusha District, Madhesh province of Nepal.[1] The station has single platform which is diesel-line operational.[2] It was a narrow gauge station until 2014 since its construction in 1937. After reconstruction it resumed service in 2022. The station is a part of Jaynagar-Bijalpura-Bardibas rail section project.[3]
Janakpur was a freight station built in 1937 to move timber to Indian Railways during British India. When all the timber in the area had been cut, the station opened for passengers.[4]
From 2014 to 2019 the Railway station went through conversion of railway tracks into broad gauge line, construction of new station. Services resumed at the station on 03 March 2022.[5]
There are total six services a day on Janakpur train station: three departing services to Jaynagar,two terminus services from Jaynagar and only a departing service to Bhangaha. Following is the station's newly revised time table published by Nepal Railway on 2080/03/28 of Nepalese calendar (2023/07/13 AD).
From | Janakpur Dham | To | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Arrivals | Departure | |||
➡️Bhangaha | 08:30 AM | 08:35 AM | ➡️ Jaynagar | |
09:55 AM | ➡️Janakpur | |||
11:30 AM | ➡️Jaynagar | |||
16:25 PM | ➡️Janakpur | |||
16:30 PM | ➡️Jaynagar | |||
19:12 PM | 19:17 PM | ➡️Bhangaha |