Under the guidance of the Acting President, Myanma Railways of the Ministry of Transport and Communications is undertaking measures to ensure ease of travel for passengers and cost-effective transport of goods. These include operating battery electric locomotives on the Yangon Circular Railway, introducing special parcel trains on the Yangon-Mandalay and Yangon-Mawlamyine routes to prioritize the transport of food supplies, and increasing the number of parcel coaches on passenger trains running along the Yangon-Pyay and Thazi-Shwenyaung-Taunggyi routes.
On the Yangon Circular Railway, a train set consisting of four ordinary-class coaches and one brake van, hauled by a BEL locomotive (C Class), has been in operation since 25 March. To further improve convenience for commuters in Yangon, another similar train set (B Class) will be added to four ordinary-class coaches and one break van and will be operated starting from 4 April.
On the Yangon-Mandalay route, Special Parcel Trains 35 Up and 36 Down will operate with 10 parcel coaches and one break van, and they will stop at Bago, DaikU, Nyaunglebin, Kyaukdaga, Penwegon, Pyu, Toungoo, Myohla, Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw, Tatkon, Yamethin, Pyawbwe, Thazi, Thaedaw, Myittha and Kyaukse railway stations. Each trip will carry up to 151,700 viss (243 tonnes) of goods, and the service will begin on a round-trip basis starting 4 April.
Similarly, on the Yangon-Mawlamyine route, Special Parcel Trains 85 Up and 86 Down will operate with nine parcel coaches and one break van, and they will stop at Bago, Waw, Theinzayet, Kyaikto, Taungzun, Hninpale, Thaton and Paung railway stations. Each trip will carry up to 128,200 viss (206 tonnes) of goods, and the service will begin on a round-trip basis starting on 4 April.
Moreover, starting 3 April, mail trains 63 Up and 64 Down running on the Yangon-Pyay route carried 30,600 viss of goods per trip with three parcel coaches, and the mail trains 141 Up and 142 Down running on the Thazi-Shwenyaung-Taunggyi route carried 25,200 viss of goods with two parcel coaches.
These measures are being implemented in line with the Acting President’s guidance to prevent rising commodity prices due to high transportation costs, to encourage greater use of rail transport as a public service, to enable faster and more efficient movement of goods in larger quantities, to reduce transport costs, and to decrease fuel consumption.
MNA/KTZH
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