Mawlamyine railway station explained

Mawlamyine railway station
Coordinates:16.4714°N 97.6356°W
Rebuilt:2006

Mawlamyine railway station (Burmese: မော်လမြိုင် ဘူတာ) is a railway station located in Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar on Myanmar Railways' Bago-Mawlamyine-Dawei line. The two-story station is 290feet long and 110feet wide, and has a total floor area of 638,000 square feet.[1]

History

During the British colonial era, the Moulmein railway station was the terminus of isolated Mawlamyine-Ye line on the Tanintharyi coast. The line from Yangon stopped at Mottama (Martaban), and passengers had to take a ferry over the Thanlwin River (Salween River) to Mawlamyine. Only in 2006, with the opening of the Thanlwin Bridge, did a direct link to the rest of the national rail network become possible. A new station, reportedly built to the standards of an "ASEAN railway station", was opened on 17 April 2006.[2] The station is located in Myenigon, approximately east of the city's main market, Zegyi.[3]

Service

The station is part of the country's 50680NaN0 national rail network.[4] Myanmar Railways, the country's sole railway operator, offers two trains services per day, the first leaving Yangon at 7:00 am and arriving Mawlamyine at 5:00 pm, and the next service leaving Yangon 10:00 am and arriving Mawlamyine at 9:00 pm. For the return journey back to Yangon, the morning service departs Mawlamyine at 6:00 am and arrives Yangon at 5:00 PM and the next train departs Mawlamyine at 8:30 am and arrives Yangon at 8:00 pm.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Mawlamyine Railway Station, Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine) rail bridge open . 2006-04-19 . The New Light of Myanmar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071022160703/http://www.myanmar-information.net/infosheet/2006/060419.htm . 2007-10-22 .
  2. News: New shop houses near ‘ASEAN railway station’ . Htar Htar Khin . The Myanmar Times . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080311211631/http://www.mmtimes.com/no399/b007.htm . 2008-03-11 .
  3. Web site: Mawlamyine Train Station . Mawlamyine.com . 2008-12-28.
  4. Update from Myanmar . Dieter Hettler . 2004-11-01 . Railway Gazette . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090703054250/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2004/11/7554/update_from_myanmar.html . July 3, 2009 .