<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Nepal<nl>Communications</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Railroads:</hi> 52 km (1990), all 0.762-meter narrow gauge; all in Terai close to Indian border; 10 km from Raxaul to Birganj is government owned
<item><hi format=bold>Highways:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total:</hi> 7,080 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>paved:</hi> 2,898 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>unpaved:</hi> gravel, crushed stone 1,660 km; seasonally motorable tracks 2,522 km (1990)
<item><hi format=bold>Telecommunications:</hi> poor telephone and telegraph service; fair radio communication and broadcast service; international radio communication service is poor; 50,000 telephones (1990); broadcast stations—88 AM, no FM, 1 TV; 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT earth station