Birgunj ICD (Sirsiya Inland Container Depot)

Nepal's flagship rail-linked dry port — where most sea cargo is cleared.

Nepal dry portType
NITDBOperator
Rail-linked (broad gauge) + roadMode to Nepal

About

Birgunj ICD at Sirsiya is Nepal's flagship inland container depot and its only rail-linked dry port. A broad-gauge line runs about 6 km to Raxaul in India, connecting directly to Kolkata, Haldia and Visakhapatnam.

What clears here

Operated under the Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board (NITDB), Birgunj is where the bulk of Nepal's containerized sea imports are cleared by Nepal Customs. For most ocean freight into Nepal, this is the destination node — the point where the sea-and-rail journey ends and goods enter the Nepali market.

How cargo reaches Nepal

Indian gateway (Kolkata / Vizag) → Broad-gauge rail → Raxaul (border) → Birgunj ICD → Nepal market

Border crossing: Raxaul (India) — ~6 km broad-gauge rail link. Mode: Rail-linked (broad gauge) + road — Nepal’s only rail-connected dry port.

Fed by: Kolkata, Haldia, Visakhapatnam, Nhava Sheva, Mundra.

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Other Nepal dry ports

Biratnagar ICDNepal · NITDB — Road-based dry port serving eastern Nepal.Bhairahawa ICDNepal · NITDB — Road-based dry port serving western & central Nepal.Kakarbhitta ICDNepal · NITDB — Far-eastern dry port — the node for the Bangladesh corridor.Chobhar Dry PortNepal · NITDB — Kathmandu Valley dry port — clearance near the capital's market.

Transit times and distances are indicative planning ranges, not quotes — confirm with your freight forwarder. See the shipping overview for the full corridor and transit-time tables.