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In 1928, BR was dissolved and the railways in Burma were brought once again under direct government control, being renamed '''Burma Railways'''. In 1937, Burma was split from India and political control passed to the newly-formed ''Burma Office''.
The infamous Thailand-Burma Railway, constructed between 1942-1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of their Japanese captors did not connect with BR and , is at present is outside of the scope of this article.
