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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 ...
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 ...
Myanmar Railways station map Division 9 Hinthada. Mileage: 147.00 miles (236.57 km) Rail Track: 191.70 miles (308.51 km) Bridges 236 Bridges Stations 42 Stations Kyangin-Hinthada-Pathein Line (1) Kyangin 174 1/4 Spur Line to Limestone Quarry-(2) Myan Aung 169 (3) San Ni Chaung 164 1/4 (4) Te Gyi Kone 161 1/4 (5) Tha Yet Kone 158 (6) In Pin 153 1/2
Most routes are single-track, although large portions of the Yangon-Pyay and Yangon-Mandalay routes are double-track. [11] The railway had a total length of 5,125 kilometres (3,185 mi) in December 2008, including the Yangon-Mandalay line's double-track section.
It is located within downtown Yangon, and serves as the gateway to Myanmar Railways' 3,126 mi (5,031 km) rail network [2] whose reach covers Upper Myanmar (Naypyidaw, Mandalay, Shwebo), upcountry , Shan hills (Taunggyi, Kalaw), and the Taninthayi coast (Mawlamyine, Ye).
An initial proposal in 2015 from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) envisioned two underground rail lines in Yangon along with a light rapid transit network. [3] In April 2019, JICA was announced to be providing assistance to the Burmese Ministry of Transport regarding the project, which was then confirmed to consist of elevated ...
Yangon-Pyay Railway Line was the first railway line to be constructed in Myanmar. While some sources suggest that the section between Yangon and Letpadan opened in 1869, most historical records indicate that the entire line was officially inaugurated on May 1, 1877, by the Irrawaddy State Railway. The construction of this line was relatively ...
The proposed road route lay between the old Yangon–Mandalay Highway and the Pegu Yoma Mountains. The Pegu Yoma Mountains were a strategically important location for the Communist Party of Burma. After the expulsion of the Communists from the area in 1973, the government planned the construction of the expressway.