Sittang Valley State Railway

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Sittang Valley State Railway
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Line of route
Rangoon to Manadalay
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge
Timeline
1884 First section opened to traffic
Key locations
Presidency Bengal, Burma
Stations Kyaukse, Mandalay, Myohaung, Pegu, Pyuntaza, Rangoon, Thazi, Toungoo, Yamethin
System agency
1896-1928 Worked by Burma Railway
How to interpret this infobox

The Sittang Valley State Railway (SVSR) was the second to be constructed in Burma, also to metre gauge standards. In 1896, management of the SVSR passed to the newly formed Burma Railway Company.


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.


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.


External links

Wikipedia "History of Rail Transport in Burma"

"Walter Home : Burma Railway"

Frederick Dibblee, MICE, i/c Mandalay Division (1886).