Classic route
Yangon–Mandalay Express
Yangon → Mandalay · Myanmar
- Distance
- 620 km
- Fastest time
- 10 h
- Average speed
- 62 km/h
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Myanma Railways
- Train
- DEMU railcar
- Countries
- Myanmar
- In service since
- 1889
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Myanmar’s 1889 British-built rail spine, now covered in about 10 hours by new air-conditioned DEMU expresses.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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