Mandalay Central railway station

Principal railway station serving Mandalay, Myanmar

Mandalay Central
မန္တလေး ဘူတာကြီး

Mandalay Central railway station

General information
Location| 78th Road and 30th Road Junction
Chanayethazan, Mandalay
Mandalay Division, Myanmar
Coordinates| 21°58′37″N 96°5′10″E﻿ / ﻿21.97694°N 96.08611°E﻿ / 21.97694; 96.08611
Line(s)| Yangon–Mandalay Railway
Mandalay–Lashio Railway

Mandalay Central railway station (Burmese: မန္တလေး ဘူတာကြီး), located in downtown Mandalay, is one of the largest rail stations in Myanmar. The station is Upper Myanmar's gateway to the 3,126-mile (5,031 km) national rail network.[1] It is the terminus of the main rail line from Yangon and the starting point of branch lines to Pyin U Lwin (Maymyo), Lashio, Monywa, Pakokku, Kalay, Gangaw, and to the north, Shwebo, Kawlin, Naba, Kanbalu, Mohnyin, Hopin, Mogaung and Myitkyina.

The station is located in a recently built seven-story complex which includes a hotel. The old station is located farther south of the new station.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Xinhua News (2007-12-11). "Myanmar Yangon Central Railway Station to Move to New Satellite Town".
2. ^ "Train service in Mandalay". Myanmar's Net. Retrieved 2008-12-27.