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Rail transport in Myanmar consists of a 6,207.644 km (3,857 mi) railway network with 960 stations. [1] The network, generally spanning north to south with branch lines to the east and west, is the second largest in Southeast Asia, [ citation needed ] and includes the Yangon Circular Railway which serves as a commuter railway for Yangon, the ...
Myanmar Railways station map Division 8 Mawlamyine. Mileage: 324.25 miles (521.83 km) Railway Track: 386.75 miles (622.41 km) Bridges 832 Stations 82 (only 72 shown on the map) Sat Thwar Chon 73 3/4 (Division 6)
The Burma Mines Railway, an 80-kilometre (50-mile) 2 ft (610 mm) narrow-gauge line from Namyao (on Myanmar Railways' Mandalay-Lashio branch) via Namtu to Bawdwin, was completed in 1908. After the First World War , a line was built between Moulmein and Ye at the northern end of the Mergui Archipelago .
The railway trip from Bagan to Mandalay takes about 7.5 hours (111 miles; 179 km). Main article: Rail transport in Myanmar As of February 2008 [update] , Myanmar had 5,099 km (3,168 mi) of railways, all 1,000 mm ( 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in ) gauge.
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Yangon Circular Railway was built during colonial times by the British. [8] The double track railway was built in 1954. [9]In July 2011, the Ministry of Rail Transportation announced that it intended to privatize the Yangon Circular Railway, since the government-run system operates at a loss for the government, with monthly operating costs about 260 million kyats (US$325,000) and monthly ...
Yangon–Mandalay Railway (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်-မန္တလေး ရထားလမ်း) is a railway line in Myanmar. [1] Operated by Myanma Railways , it is the second railway line in Myanmar after the opening of the Irrawaddy Valley State Railway .
Prior to 1934, a ferry operated between Amarapura and Sagaing to bridge the gap between the northern segment of the Mandalay-Myitkyina Railway Line and the rest of the railway network. In 1934, the construction of the Ava Bridge marked a historic milestone as the first bridge across the Ayeyawaddy River in Myanmar. However, its role in ...