{"id":438791,"date":"2026-11-15T13:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T07:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=438791"},"modified":"2026-11-15T13:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T07:22:14","slug":"india-approves-weekly-cross-border-train-linking-nepals-janakpurdham-with-ayodhya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/11\/15\/438791.html","title":{"rendered":"India approves weekly cross-border train linking Nepal&#8217;s Janakpurdham with Ayodhya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-291x164.png 291w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-339x191.png 339w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1-390x220.png 390w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/11\/bed1247b-8748-4457-a462-601cd504cea4-1.png 1672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NEW DELHI :<\/strong> Indian Railways has approved a new weekly passenger train service connecting Janakpur Dham in Nepal with Ayodhya in India\u2019s Uttar Pradesh state, in a major step toward strengthening cross-border rail connectivity and religious tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spanning approximately 604 kilometers, the service will link two major pilgrimage hubs of the Ramayana circuit\u2014Janakpur, revered as the birthplace of Mata Sita, and Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram. According to India&#8217;s Ministry of Railways, the train will originate from Janakpur Dham on Saturdays and depart from Ayodhya Cantt. on Mondays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along the route through Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the train will make commercial stops at Jaynagar, Madhubani, Shisho, Sitamarhi, Raxaul, Narkatiaganj, Gorakhpur, Basti, Mankapur, and Ayodhya Dham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials noted that the direct rail link is expected to ease travel for pilgrims, students, and business travelers while boosting regional economies, hospitality sectors, and traditional artisans across border communities in both countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrative image of a proposed cross-border rail connection between Janakpurdham, Nepal, and Ayodhya, India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":438793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[26],"class_list":["post-438791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main","reporter-kaushal-ghimire"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438794,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/438791\/revisions\/438794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=438791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=438791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=438791"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=438791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}