A PRESENTATION ON

HEAVY RAIL

PRESENTED BY:
GOVINDA GAIRE(013-1210)
RANJAN SUWAL(013-1225)
 Definition of
Heavy Rail
• Heavy Rail is high-speed,
passenger rail cars
operating singly or in trains
of two or more cars on
fixed rails in separate
rights-of-way from which
all other vehicular and
foot traffic are excluded.
Also known as "rapid rail,"
"subway",
"elevated(railway)," or
metropolitan railway
(metro).
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• The term heavy rail has
• Heavy Rail is a mode of
transit service (also
called metro, subway, rapid
transit, or rapid rail)
operating on an electric
railway with the capacity
for a heavy volume of
traffic. It is
characterized by high
speed and rapid
acceleration passenger rail
cars operating singly or in
multi-car trains on fixed
rails; separate rights-of-3
Advantages of HR-
System
• Very high carrying
capacity
• High speed
• Very low pollution in
operation
• Needs very little urban
space

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Disadvantages of
HR-System
• Very high capital costs
• High per unit operating
costs if capacity
utilization is low
• Inflexible
• Long gestation
(development) period
• Relatively complex
technology
• Requiring highly
specialized manpower for
operation and maintenance
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 Applicable
Corridor
• Very high-density
corridors, where road space
is very limited;
• Well suited for densely
populated cities that have
long-haul corridors ;
• At-grade systems are very
good for suburban systems
and the fringe (boarder)
areas of a city where space
is more easily available.

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 History of Railway
in Nepal
• The history of rail
transport dates back nearly
500 years and includes systems
with man or horse power and
rails of wood or stone.
• Raxaul-Amlekhagunj (NGR)-30
km was constructed during
the Rana period and NGR was
more important as it served
people from different parts
of the country to reach
Amlekhagunj to get lorries
for Bhimphedi. Then one
could reach Kathmandu from
Bhimphedi on foot. This is
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• After the establishment of
democracy a direct road
from Birgunj to Kathmandu
(Tribhuvan Highway) was
constructed (The
construction of the first
highway resulted in the
closure of Raxaul-
Amlekhagunj (NGR))
• Looking back as far as
40 years, there is no
evidence of any
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government initiative
• There is at least one
third of the country's
surface area made of
flat plains which is
eminently suited for
railway development.
Additionally, this flat
region is heavily
populated, about twice
the average density
nationwide, which makes
it highly attractive9
 Service area and
route coverage
a) Existing Railway lines
• Jayanagar-Janakpur-
Bijalpura (NJJR)- 53 km
(operational length 29 Km)
• Raxaul Amlekhgunj -30 Km
(non operational since
1970)
b) Proposed Railway lines
• East West Railway : From
Gaddachauki to Kakarbitta:
1068 Km
• Pokhara to Kathmandu :
187Km
• Kathmandu MRT Line : 77.28
Km 10
c) Proposed connection to
Indian Railway Network
• Connection 1-Kohalpur 
Nepalgunj 14.45 Km
• Connection 2- in two parts
Bhairahawa- Butwal 20.7 Km
and Madhwaliya- Lumbini
22.6 Km
• Connection 3  Simara-
Birgunj 33.8Km
• Connection 4- at Bardibash
(length included in East 
west railway)
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Route Alignment
for MRT Lines

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Alignment of East-
West and
Kathmandu
Pokhara Railway
Lines.

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 The Projects
under Initial
Environment
• Examination
Jaynagar ( India) to
Janakpur (Nepal) 68 Km
• Jogbani (India) to
Biratnagar ( Nepal) 18
Km
• Nepalgunj Road ( India) to
Nepalgunj (Nepal) 10 Km
• Nautanawa( India) to
Bhairahawa ( Nepal) 15 km
• Rauxaul ( India) to Birgunj
( Nepal)
• New Jalpaiguri ( India ) to
kakarbitta ( Nepal) 35
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 Relevance to the
particular
location
• Foreign donor agencies have
been made aware of the
potential for railway
development in the country,
because they have come to
believe that country's
mountainous topography
makes it infeasible and
costly for the development
of a rail network
• Mountainous terrain and
difficult weather condition.
• Although national transport16
policy 2058 was addressed
 Benefits of rail
transport in Nepal
• Less polluting to the
environment than an
equivalent amount of
traffic carried by road
transport.
• The risks of soil erosion and
damage to vegetation in the
hill region are much lower
from the construction of a
railway line than from the
building of roads.
• Rail system can all be run
on electricity, much of it 17
derived from local energy
Relevance to the
national policy
and priority
• Involvement of Private
Sector
• Feasibility Study of
possible route
• Electric Rail Service
• Existing services shall be
expanded and coordination
with the Indian railway
service

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 Agreements to
promote railway
• Agreement between GoN and
Indian Ministry of Railway
to manage transit traffic
between Kolkata/Haldiya
to Birgunj.
• Nepal signed the pact in
2006 at a meeting of
Transport and Railway
Ministers of 17 Asian
countries in Busan to
include Nepal in TAR (a
project of the United
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Nations Economic and Social
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 Comparison of
accident/fatalit
y/injury
source: National Transit Database U.S.A

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 Corridor
capacit
(people per hour on 3.5 m wide lane in the city)

y
BRT Suburban
Mixed Regular Pedestrians BRT
Cyclists single lane Light Rail Heavy Rail Rail
Traffic Bus double lane (e.g. Hong Kong) (e.g. Mumbai)

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Source: Botma & Papendrecht, TU Delft 1991 and own figures 23

 Conclusion and
Recomendation
• Besides limited operation
of Jayanagar  Janakpur
and Raxaul  Birgunj ICD
Sector, Nepal has no
experience in railway
operation. Therefore, it
has to be initiated from
ground zero
• a policy on railway has
to be formulated to
address the present needs
for achieving the
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development objectives of
 References
• www.wikipedia.org
• Dorw.gov.np
• National Urban Transport Policy for India,
Ministry of Urban Development, Government
of India.
• www.myrepublica.com
• www.fhwa.dot.gov

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