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Infobox and some text transferred from 'Thaton-Duyinzaik Light Railway'
{{Line Railways Infobox|image=|caption= |route= [[Thaton]] to Duyinzeik|gauge1= |gauge1details= |gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= 8 miles (1905)|gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1883|timeline1details= Line opened|timeline2date= |timeline2details= |timeline3date= |timeline3details= |timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bengal]], [[Burma]]|stations= [[Thaton]], Duyinzeik|system1date= 1885|system1details= Own agency|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }}The '''Duyinzeik-Thaton (Burma) Tramway''' was a steam tramway, built in 1883 that was still in apparently in operation in 1921.
Sometimes described as the '''[[Thaton- Duyinzeik Duyinzaik Light Railway]]''' , the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line was originally built and worked by Mr. George Dawson of Rangoon. From [[Thaton]], the railway extended 8 miles east alongside a public road through jungle to Duyinzaik, connecting with a daily launch service also operated by Mr. Dawson to [[Moulmein]] <ref>[http://janfordsworld.blogspot.fr/2015/06/thaton-duyinzaik-railway.html “The Thaton-Duyinzac Railway” by Jan Ford]; Retrieved 17 Aug 2016</ref>.
The [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] states 'The capital cost of construction up to the end of 1895, the last year for which capital and revenue accounts were submitted, was nearly 4½ lakhs. By an agreement entered into between Government and the original owner {Mr George Dawson} in January 1884, a subsidy of Rs.1,000 per mile was paid for three years after the date of opening on condition that a proper service be maintained, and for ten years Government kept up all the bridges on the line. From December 1900 the tramway passed into the hands of the [[Irrawaddy Flotilla Company]]. The receipts amounted in 1903 to Rs.32,000. In all 34,362 persons travelled by tramway in that year' <ref name=Gaz9-185>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V09_191.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 9, p. 185-186; 1908]; Retrieved 17 Aug 2016</ref>.
