Indicators

Unit

Data

Data Year

Data Source

Notes

Average

Range

Total Route  

km

59

2006

CIA - The World Fact Book, at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html  Accessed on June 3, 2008.

24.6 – 63,327

By Gauge

route-km

Broad Gauge (1.676m)

0

2003

Nepal Department of Transport Management

Meter Gauge (1.000m)

Narrow Gauge (0.762)

59

2006

CIA - The World Fact Book, at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html  Accessed on June 3, 2008.

By Type

route-km

Single Track

Double Track

Electrified

0

2003

Three/Multiple Tracks

Total Track

km

Total Population

million

27.6

2006

World Development Indicators. World Bank.

Total Land Area

sq km

143,000

2006

World Development Indicators. World Bank.

Railway Density in terms of  

Population

rail route km/1,000 people

0.002

World Bank staff calculation

0.031

 0.0008-0.06

Land Area

rail route km/sq km land  

0.0004

World Bank staff calculation

0.012

  0.00004-0.02

Railway Traffic Density of Passenger  

passengers transported annually/rail route km

21,695

World Bank staff calculation

46,709

10,452-98,205

Railway Traffic Density of Freight  

tonnes transported annually/rail route km

153

2,958

153 -11,492

Freight Tonnes Carried - Net Tonne Kilometers (NTKM)

million  

Passenger Kilometers (PKM)

million

No.of Employees

200  

2003

Nepal Department of Transport Management

(NTKM + PKM)/Employee

US$-km  

(Freight Revenue + Passenger Revenue)/Employee

thousand US$

1.071

Nepal Department of Transport Management

Average Rail Tariff

Freight  

US$/ton km

0.140

2003

Nepal Department of Transport Management

0.044

0.013-0.14

Passenger

US$ per passenger per km

0.010

2003

Nepal Department of Transport Management