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'''Southern Shan States Railway'''
The [[Southern Shan States Railway]] was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of the [[Burma Railway]](BR), 87 miles (139 km) in length.
<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n184/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 176]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>


Constructed shortly before 1914-18 war; branch of Burma Railways(qv)
The line  was opened in stages from 1912 to 1914 when a line was built from [[Thazi]] on the Rangoon-Mandalay section of BR to [[Kalaw]], a hill station in the hills of the Southern Shan State; a line length of 62 miles(99km)
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma Wikipedia "History of rail transport in Burma"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html "Hill Lines of India"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>.


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The line was later to be extended to Yawnghwe, giving a total length of 109 miles(174km)<ref name=name/>.
 
==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  20  Dec 2016</ref>
gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -  
*L/F/8/20/1615; “Burma Railways Company Limited, Contract for working of Southern Shan States Railway”; 24 May 1921
*L/F/7/2164; “ Collection 370/9: Railways: Miscellaneous: Burma Railways, contract for the working of the Southern Shan States Railway”; 1920-22
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Burma Railway]]'''
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]

Latest revision as of 06:07, 20 December 2016

The Southern Shan States Railway was a metre gauge(MG) branch of the Burma Railway(BR), 87 miles (139 km) in length. [1]

The line was opened in stages from 1912 to 1914 when a line was built from Thazi on the Rangoon-Mandalay section of BR to Kalaw, a hill station in the hills of the Southern Shan State; a line length of 62 miles(99km) [2] [3].

The line was later to be extended to Yawnghwe, giving a total length of 109 miles(174km)[1].

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [4] gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -

  • L/F/8/20/1615; “Burma Railways Company Limited, Contract for working of Southern Shan States Railway”; 24 May 1921
  • L/F/7/2164; “ Collection 370/9: Railways: Miscellaneous: Burma Railways, contract for the working of the Southern Shan States Railway”; 1920-22

Further Information

See Burma Railway

References