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{{Line Railways Infobox|image=|caption= |route= [[Rangoon]] to [[Manadalay]]|gauge1= Metre gauge|gauge1details= |gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1884|timeline1details= First section opened to traffic|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bengal]], [[Burma]]|stations= [[Kyaukse]], [[Mandalay]], [[Myohaung]], [[Pegu]], [[Pyuntaza]], [[Category:RailwaysRangoon]], [[Thazi]], [[Toungoo]], [[Yamethin]]|system1date= 1896-1928|system1details= Worked by [[Burma Railway]]|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }}
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 History ==
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]].
[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/index.htm Frederick Dibblee, MICE], i/c Mandalay Division (1886).
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