Yangon Tram

Defunct tram line in Myanmar

Yangon Tram

Overview
Locale| Wardan Jetty - Linsadaung, Botataung Township
Transit type| Light rail/tram
Number of lines| 1
Operation
Began operation| 10 January 2016
Ended operation| 1 July 2016
Operator(s)| Myanma Railways
Technical
System length| 4.8 km (3 mi)
Track gauge| 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
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Yangon Tram began service on a single tram line on 11 January 2016.[1] Yangon previously had a tramway network which closed down during World War II. Funded by Japanese investment, the tram line service at Strand Road terminates between Wardan Jetty and Linsadaung, Botataung Township, a journey of around 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) using a single 50-year old tram from Hiroshima Electric Railway in Hiroshima, Japan.[2]

The rolling stock is a 3-coach tram with a seating capacity of 200 passengers. The tram runs just 6 times each day,[2] from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm with a fare of 100 Myanmar kyats, around US$0.08.

An extension west from Wardan Jetty to Kyeemyindaing, and an extension east from Linsadaung, Botataung Township to Pazundaung Township, would bring the length of the line to 11.3 kilometres (7.0 mi); these extensions are due to be completed later in 2016.[3][4][5]

Yangon Tram stopped service on 1 July 2016 after only six months of running.[6]

## Rangoon tram

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In British Burma, Rangoon's first tramway was built in 1884. The three standard gauge routes of the Rangoon Steam Tramway Company opened on 4th March 1884.[7] It was a stream tramway and ran from the Strand to Shwedagon. Electric trams were introduced by 15 December 1906 and the last of the routes opened on 12 March 1908. The total tramway system consisted of five routes and a total distance of 22 km with 77 cars in operation with tram depots and a generating station at Ahlone. By the 1930s trams provided efficient public transportation all around the city of Rangoon.[8] The tramway system were destroyed during World War II by the retreating British and Japanese air raids especially during the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942. The generation station was reconstructed to supply electricity but was eventually nationalised in 1953 and the tramway company was dissolved in 1961.[9][10][11]

## See also

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* Yangon BRT

## References

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1. ^ "Yangon launches light rail line". Railway Gazette International. DVV Media UK. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
2. ^ a b "Trams return to streets of Yangon". BBC News. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
3. ^ "Trams return to Yangon after 100 years". mmtimes.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
4. ^ "Yangon government eyeing second commuter tram". Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
5. ^ "Electric Tramcar: Myanmar Railways Launched The Tram Line On Strand Road | Myanmar International TV". myanmarinternational.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
6. ^ "No more electric tram on Yangon's Strand Road". Coconuts Yangon. 1 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
7. ^ "THE RANGOON TRAMWAYS ACT, 1883" (PDF). indiacode.nic.in. Indiacode. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
8. ^ Wei Yan Aung (4 March 2020). "The Day Myanmar's First Steam Tram Began Operating in Yangon". irrawaddy.com. The Irrawady.
9. ^ "Lower Phayre Street". yangontimemachine.com. Yangon Time Machine. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
10. ^ "1884 - 1935 Rangoon tram c. 1935". lostfootsteps.org. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
11. ^ "Rangoon Electric Tramways Car 19". tramwayinfo.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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