Classic route
Yangon Circular Railway
Yangon → Yangon · Myanmar
A 46 km loop through Yangon life. Monks, hawkers and vegetable baskets share the ex-Japanese railcars, three unhurried hours for pocket change.
- Distance
- 46 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h
- Average speed
- 15 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
Stations
- 1 kmPagoda road
- 1 kmLanmadaw
- 2 kmPyay Road
- 3 kmShan Road
- 4 kmAhlone Road
- 4 kmPanhlaing Road
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- 5 kmKyeemyinding
- 7 kmHanthawaddy
- 7 kmHledan
- 9 kmKamaryut
- 10 kmThiri Myaing
- 11 kmOkkyin
- 12 kmThamine
- 12 kmThamine Myothit
- 13 kmGyogone
- 14 kmInsein
- 16 kmYwar Ma
- 17 kmPhawkan
- 18 kmAung San Myo
- 20 kmDanyingon
- 24 kmKyaikkale
- 26 kmMingaladon Bazaar
- 27 kmMingaladon
- 28 kmWai Bar Gi
- 30 kmOkkalapa
- 31 kmPaywetseikkon
- 32 kmKyauk Yay Twinn
- 33 kmTadagale
- 35 kmYegu
- 37 kmPayame
- 38 kmKanbe
- 39 kmBauktaw
- 40 kmTamwe
- 41 kmMyittar Nyunt
- 42 kmMahlwagon
- 44 kmPazundaung
- 46 kmYangon Central Railway +1
The stations OpenStreetMap maps along this line, in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Not every train stops at every station. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7198669: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Yangon Circular Railway?
The Yangon Circular Railway is a 46 km round trip from Yangon.
How long does the Yangon Circular Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h for the 46 km. That is an average of 15 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Yangon Circular Railway?
Myanma Railways, with RBE railcars (ex-JR).
How old is the Yangon Circular Railway?
The line has been in service since 1954. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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