 Pyinmana–Myingyan Railway ပျဉ်းမနား-မြင်းခြံ ရထားလမ်း | |
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| Overview | |
| Owner | Myanma Railways |
| Locale | Naypyidaw Union Territory, Magway Region, Mandalay Region |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 1997 |
| Operator(s) | Myanma Railways |
| Technical | |
| System length | 329.2 km (204.6 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
Pyinmana–Myingyan Railway (Burmese: ပျဉ်းမနား-မြင်းခြံ ရထားလမ်း) is a railway line in Myanmar. Operated by Myanma Railways.
History
In 1922, the construction began the section between Pyinmana and Satthwa across the Pegu Range, and the section was opened in 1925. The section from Satthwa to Kyaukpadaung via Taungdwingyi was opened in 1930.
During the World War II, the line between Taungdwingyi and Kyaukpadaung was removed by Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. After the independence of Burma, this section was rehabilitated by 1969.
In the 1990s, the military junta began a tourism campaign, and a plan which build a railway connecting between Kyaukpadaung and Myingyan via Nyaung-U (located 8km east of Bagan) was launched at the same time. This section opened in the late 1990s.
On 31 December, 2011, Pakokku Bridge across the Irrawaddy River was opened.
| Segment | length (km) | Date opened |
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| Pyinmana - Satthwa | 92.9 | April, 1925 |
| Satthwa - Taungdwingyi | 14.9 | December, 1926 |
| Taungdwingyi - Kyaukpadaung | 115.6 | July 17, 1930 |
| Bagan - Myingyan | 55.7 | September 18, 1996 |
| Kyaukpadaung - Bagan | 50.1 | February 11, 1997 |
References
- Railways in Myanmar/Burma, Pyinmana – Myingyan (C24)
- မြန်မာ့မီးရထား | ပို့ဆောင်ရေးနှင့်ဆက်သွယ်ရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန
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