Myanma Railways is going to provide special up and down train service from Yangon to Mandalay during the days of Thadingyut holidays.
The MR will extend train service from Yangon to Mandalay and Mandalay to Yangon intended those who are going home in all parts of the country and use two special trains. The train service will start running on October 10.
The up train will start leaving Yangon at 4.30 pm and arrive in Mandalay at 10.15 am in the next day. The down train will start leaving Mandalay at 5 pm and arrive in Yangon at 11.30 am the next day.
The special trains will start running on October 15. The upper train tickets will be sold on October 8 and ordinary ones on October 9.
The Yangon-Mandalay upper train ticket is K 9,300 and the ordinary one, K 4,650.
Moreover, Myanmar Railways (MR) is going to provide special train service for the pilgrims, who are going to visit Bagan during Thadingyut holidays.
“The MR will provide special train service for those who are going home from different parts of the country during Thadingyut holidays. The special train services are Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon and Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw. Moreover, Yangon-Bagan special train service will be provided by the MR during Thadingyut holidays,” said a responsible person of the MR.
Yangon-Bagan special train will leave Yangon Railway Station at 2.15 pm on October 11 and arrive at Bagan at 9 am on October 12. That train will leave Bagan for Yangon at 5 pm on October 14 and arrive in Yangon Railway Station at 12.20 pm on October 15. The ordinary ticket price for Yangon-Bagan is K 4,500 and the upper class, K 12,000 and the upper class sleeper, K 16,500. Yangon-Bagan special train will stop at the stations of No 61/62 express down-train.
The MR will use more coaches installing them with postal trains and passenger trains to run on Kyimyindine-Pyay and Kyimyindine-Tharawall train routes.
The MR will provide special trains for the civil servants who are going to return Yangon. Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon special down-train will leave Nay Pyi Taw at 7. 30 pm on October 10. Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw special up-train will leave Yangon at 8 pm on October 15.
Translated and Edited by Win Htut
