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The '''Sittang Valley State Railway''' (SVSR) , the northern extension was the second to be constructed in Burma, also to metre gauge standards. In 1896, management of the SVSR passed to the newly formed recorded as '''[[Burma Tounghoo-Mandalay Railway]] Company'''.
Wikipedia [http:== References ==<references //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]>
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The '''Sittang Valley State Railway''' (SVSR) was the second line to be constructed in Burma also to [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|metre gauge (MG)]] standards. ''The first being the [[Irrawaddy Valley State Railway]] (IVSR), which had opened in 1877.''
[[File:Sittang Valley State Railway.png|thumb| Sittang Valley State Railway]]The SVSR, ''shown in Green on map'', from [[Rangoon]] to [[Mandalay]] and the bank of the Irawaddy River, total 388 miles(624km), was completed in Apr 1889. It opened in stages reaching [[Toungoo]], 166 miles(267km), in 1885; a further 108 miles(174km) to [[Yamethin]] in 1888; and a further 114 miles(183km) to reach [[Mandalay]] and the Irawaddy River in 1889 <ref name== Characteristics ==Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n180/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 171 (pdf180) ]; Retrieved 18 Apr 2018</ref>
== History ==
The line of the SVSR ran from [[Rangoon]] 166 miles along the Sittang River via [[Pegu]] to [[Toungoo]]. Opened in 1884, the line acquired considerable strategic importance the following year at the outbreak of the [[3rd Burma War]].
With the conclusion of the war and the annexation of Upper Burma, the SVSR was extended 220 miles from [[Toungoo ]] to [[Mandalay]], opening in 1889.This section is described in some records as the ‘[[Tounghoo-Mandalay Railway]]’
In 1896, management of the SVSR passed to the newly formed [[Burma Railway|’Burma Railway Company’]].
== Records ==
Although there do not appear to be any SVSR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]], the names of staff transferred to the successor company may appear in [[Burma Railway]] records.
==Later History==
The SVSR was merged with other State railways in 1896 to form the [[Burma Railway|'''Burma State Railway''']] (BR):-.
* ‘Sittang Valley State Railway’(SVSR), from [[Rangoon]] to [[Toungoo]], became the ‘BR Sittang Section ’
* ‘[[Irrawaddy Valley State Railway]]’ (IVSR), from [[Rangoon]] to [[Prome]], became the ‘BR Irrawaddy Section’
* ‘[[Mu Valley State Railway]]’(MVSR), from [[Sagaing]], on the opposite bank of the Irrawaddy River facing [[Mandalay]] was under construction in 1896, later becoming the ‘BR Mu Valley Section ’
== External links Further Information==See '''[[Burma Railway]]'''
[http[Category://www.irfca.org/articles/eminent-railwaymen.html "Walter Home Railways]][[Category: Burma Railway"State Railways]]
