Locals are excited after the regular operation of Jayanagar-Kurtha train service.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi inaugurated the train service from New Delhi, India on Saturday.

The train, which left at 8.30 am on Sunday, reached Janakpur station at 10.15 am.

General Manager of Nepal Railway Company Niranjan Jha informed that the train from Jayanagar to Kurtha and from Kurtha to Jayanagar on the first day was full of passengers in both ordinary and AC compartment .

He said that regular trains have started running as per the schedule.

According to him, the service has been schedule twice a day . He informed that the train will leave Jayanagar at 8:30 am and 3 pm and another train will leave Kurtha at 10:30 am and 5:15 am.