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The [[Southern Shan States Railway]] was 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://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " 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 constructed shortly before the war of 1914-18 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 | The line was constructed shortly before the war of 1914-18 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 | ||
Revision as of 07:01, 21 December 2015
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 constructed shortly before the war of 1914-18 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 [2] [3]
References
- ↑ " 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