Yangon–Mandalay Railway
Yangon–Mandalay Railway ရန်ကုန်-မန္တလေး ရထားလမ်း | |
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1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 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 |
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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
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