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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. | 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>[https:// | <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> | ||
The line was | 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://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> | <ref>[http://mikes.railhistory.railfan.net/r019.html "Hill Lines of India"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>. | ||
The line was later to be extended to Yawnghwe, giving a total length of 109 miles(174km)<ref name=name/>. | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Burma Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 11:27, 13 February 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].
Further Information
See Burma Railway
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 176; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015
- ↑ Wikipedia "History of rail transport in Burma"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Hill Lines of India"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015