Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi inaugurated the Janakpur-Jayanagar rail service on Saturday.

The prime minister of the two countries jointly inaugurated the rail service by showing a green flag during a program organized at Hyderabad House, New Delhi this afternoon.

With the inauguration, the train will carry passengers regularly from Jayanagar to Kurtha from Sunday.

The train, which will run up to 35 km from Jayanagar of India to Kurtha of Janakpurdham, will be operated twice a day.