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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route= [[Sagaing]] to [[Myitkyina]]<br>[[Sagaing]] to [[Alon]] (branch)<br>[[Nada]] to [[Katha]] (branch)
|gauge1= Metre gauge
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|timeline1date= 1898
|timeline1details= First section opened to traffic
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|presidency= [[Bengal]], [[Burma]]
|stations= [[Alon]], [[Katha]], [[Mogaung]], [[Monywar]], [[Myitkyina]], [[Nada]], [[Sagaing]], [[Shwebo]], [[Wuntho]]
|system1date= 1896-1928
|system1details= Worked by [[Burma Railway]]
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The '''Mu Valley State Railway''' (MVSR) was the third [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|metre gauge (MG)]] railway to be constructed in Burma. <br>''The first being the [[Irrawaddy Valley State Railway]] (IVSR), which had opened in 1877; followed by the [[Sittang Valley State Railway]] (SVSR) which finally reached [[Mandalay]] in 1889.''
[[File:Mu Valley State Railway.png|thumb| Mu Valley State Railway]]
The MVSR, ''shown in Blue on map'', from [[Sagaing]], on the opposite bank of the Irrawaddy River facing [[Mandalay]], the line opened in stages reaching [[Wuntho]], 152 miles(244km) in 1892 and onward via [[Nada|Nada (Na Bar)]] and Mohnyin reaching [[Mogung]], total 294 miles(473km) in March 1896. <br>From [[Nada|Nada (Na Bar)]] a short 15 mile(24km) branch to [[Katha]] opened in Oct 1895. <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n180/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 171 (pdf180) ]; Retrieved 18 Apr 2018</ref>
The final 37 miles(60km) onward to [[Myitkyina]] was under construction when the IVSR was transferred to the [[Burma Railway|Burma Railway Company]] in 1896 and completed <ref name=Admin/>
In 1896, management of the MVSR passed to the newly formed [[Burma Railway]] Company.
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Burma Wikipedia "History of Rail Transport in Burma"]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2016</ref>
==Personnel==
Although there do not appear to be any MVSR 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.
However the following staff have been identified from other sources:-
*[[John Walker Buyers]] from [[Public Works Department]](PWD)posted as Engineer-in-Chief to Mu Valley State Railway <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA454 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 454 (pdf page 417)] Retrieved on 29 May 2016</ref>, he was in 1890 transferred to Burma Railway.
*[[Hugh Lewin Monk]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the PWD to Mu Valley State Railway: 1889, P.A to Chief Engineer; 1891, Engineer-in-chief; 1892, Superintending Engineer <ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA569 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 569 (pdf page 532)] Retrieved on 23 May 2016</ref>.
*[[Frederick Robert Bagley]] from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer <ref name=icl> India Civil List 1890, page 40/41</ref>.
*[[Ronald Chapman Beeston]] from PWD; 1890, Mu Valley Railway Survey, Superintending Engineer <ref name=icl/>
==Further Information==
See '''[[Burma Railway]]'''
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
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