Yangon–Mandalay Railway

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Mainline rail interchange Yangon–Mandalay Railway
ရန်ကုန်-မန္တလေး ရထားလမ်း
1,000 mm
(3 ft 3+38 in)

Yangon–Mandalay Railway (

Myanma Railways, it is the second railway line in Myanmar after the opening of The Irrawaddy Valley State Railway
.

History

In 1881, the government of

Upper Burma by the British in 1885, the following sections of this line was extended to Mandalay in 1889.[1]

In 1896, The Sittang Valley State Railway was merged with the Burma Railway Company.

Segment length (km) Date opened
Yangon - Bago 74.8 February 27, 1884
Bago - Nyaunglebin 74.5 August 10, 1884
Nyaunglebin - Taungoo 117.9 July 1, 1885
Taungoo - Pyinmana 94.9 October 1, 1888
Pyinmana - Mandalay 258.3 March 10, 1889

Stations

References