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The '''Indo-Burma Railway Connection''' was a project undertaken by the Goverment of Burma to connect Chittagong, Assam to Rangoon, Burma. It was a fresh proposal following on from the Chittagong-Akyab-Minhla Railway Survey undertaken from 1893.
The proposed route was from [[Chittagong]], Assam (now in Bangladesh); [[Akyab]], Burma (now Sittwe, Myanmar); [[Magwee]], Burma (now Myanmar) and then crossing the Irrewaddy River and southwards to [[Rangoon]]. This proposal dating from 1915 is
covered by 5 records in the the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] – see Records below.
This project did not proceed. The Burma Railway network only extended as far as the Irrewaddy River.
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 4 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the followingl entries, the most relevant as follows: -
*V/27/722/12; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 1. Chittagong to Akyab. Rangoon, 1915”
*V/27/722/13; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 2 and 3. Akyab Junction to Satya. Rangoon, 1915”
* V/27/722/14; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 4. Satya to Magwe. Rangoon, 1915”
* V/27/722/15; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 5. Lines east of Irrewaddy River. Rangoon, 1915
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Railway Surveys]]
[[Category:Railways]]
The proposed route was from [[Chittagong]], Assam (now in Bangladesh); [[Akyab]], Burma (now Sittwe, Myanmar); [[Magwee]], Burma (now Myanmar) and then crossing the Irrewaddy River and southwards to [[Rangoon]]. This proposal dating from 1915 is
covered by 5 records in the the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] – see Records below.
This project did not proceed. The Burma Railway network only extended as far as the Irrewaddy River.
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 4 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the followingl entries, the most relevant as follows: -
*V/27/722/12; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 1. Chittagong to Akyab. Rangoon, 1915”
*V/27/722/13; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 2 and 3. Akyab Junction to Satya. Rangoon, 1915”
* V/27/722/14; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 4. Satya to Magwe. Rangoon, 1915”
* V/27/722/15; “Richards, George, Indo-Burma connection railway, coast route. Report and estimates, 1915: Section 5. Lines east of Irrewaddy River. Rangoon, 1915
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Railway Surveys]]
[[Category:Railways]]
