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== History == The first portion of the IVSR, from [[Rangoon]] to [[Prome]] (161 miles) was surveyed in 1869, construction began in 1874 and the section was opened to traffic in 1877. (1)
Although there do not appear to be any IVSR staff records held in the ==Further Information==See '''[[India Office RecordsBurma Railway]] at the [[British Library]], the '''. The names of staff transferred to the this successor company may appear in [[Burma Railway]] the IOR records. == Notes ==(1) [http://www.irfca.org/articles/eminent-railwaymen.html "Walter Home : Burma Railway"]
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The '''Irrawaddy Valley State Railway''' (IVSR) was the first to be constructed in Burma and one of the first State lines to be built to metre gauge standards. In 1896, management of the IVSR passed to the newly formed [[Burma Railway]] Company. (1)
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma Wikipedia "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
== Records ==
There do not appear to be any IVSR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].
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