Mandalay Central railway station

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.

Mandalay Central
မန္တလေး ဘူတာကြီး
Mandalay Central railway station
Location78th Road and 30th RoadJunction
Chanayethazan, Mandalay
Mandalay Division, Myanmar
Coordinates21°58′37″N 96°5′10″E

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

  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.
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