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The '''Irrawady 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)

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. The extension of the line to [[Mandalay]] (386 miles from Rangoon) was completed in 1889, and a further extension from Mandalay to [[Lashio]] was made in 1903. (1)