Transport in Nepal


is a landlocked mountainous country where transportation is difficult due to the terrain.

Road

Road is the country's primary transport mode.
The Economic Survey 2014-15 released by the Ministry of Finance, shows that the country has a total road network of, which includes of roads constructed and being maintained by the Department of Roads and of roads constructed by local government bodies.
TypeDescriptionAverage Speed Lt.
EExpressways or Fast Tracks that usually serve direct commute from one city to another.120kmph
HNational Highways are the major roads connecting Eastern Nepal with Western Nepal & Southern Nepal with Northern.80kmph
FFeeder Roads are the roads that run along side National Highways or sometime link two highways.60kmph
DDistrict Roads are the roads that sometime link two or more district or act as an internal road link of a district.60kmph
UUrban Roads are freeways intended to serve within a specific metro, sub-metro, municipality or rural-municipality.40kmph

Highways

There are two railway lines in the country: the Raxaul–Sirsiya and the Jainagar–Janakpur. The former is a line from Raxaul, India to Sirsiya Inland Container Depot near Birganj, Nepal, and is primarily used for freight transport. It allows container traffic to be imported to Nepal through the Sirsiya dry port container depot. The latter is a line from Jaynagar, India to Janakpur, Nepal, and is used primarily for passenger transport.
Nepal and India had agreed to construct railway line linking Raxaul with Kathmandu during Prime Minister KP Oli's visit to India. A team of technical officers visited Kathmandu to study the proposed railway from Raxaul to Kathmandu and they have stated that a feasibility study of the project would begin. They have already identified Chobhar as the terminus of the 113 km-long line.
A line through Kathmandu, linking India with Lhasa in Tibet, has been proposed by the K.P. Oli government. In November 2017, Chinese media reported the arrival of a delegation of Chinese railway experts in Nepal. They discussed the possibility of a rail connection between China and Nepal. In August 2018, the two sides reached an agreement on construction details of the railway.

Air

45 airports operated in Nepal as of 2002. Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu is the only international airport and serves as the main aviation hub.

Airports with paved runways

Nepal is a landlocked country with no ocean borders.
Nepal's three dry "ports" are Birgunj, Biratnagar and Bhairahawa.