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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.
== Characteristics ==
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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]
[http://www.irfca.org/articles/eminent-railwaymen.html "Walter Home : Burma Railway"]
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.
== Characteristics ==
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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]
[http://www.irfca.org/articles/eminent-railwaymen.html "Walter Home : Burma Railway"]
