9 October

MYANMA  Railways  (MR)  has announced it will operate special trains between Yangon and Bagan for the convenience of pilgrims travelling to Bagan.

Under the holiday sched-ule,  the  special  train  from  Yangon  will  depart  from  the  Yangon  Central  Railway  Sta-tion at 2:15 pm on 11 October and it will reach Bagan at 9 am on 12 October.

The train from Bagan sta-tion  will  leave  at  5  pm  on  14  October and arrive in Yangon at 12:20 pm on 15 October.

Officials from MR have ar-ranged  to  sell  tickets  for  the  special trains at regular rates. 

The MR will charge K4,500 per  seat  for  ordinary-class  tickets,  K12,000  per  seat  for  first-class,  and  K16,500  per  seat for upper-class tickets. 

The special trains, 61 and 62,  will  run  between  Yangon  and Bagan, and they will stop at  Thayawady,  Letpadan,  Minhla, Okkpho, Gyobingauk, Zegone,  Nattalin,  Paungde,  Pateegone, and other stations along  the  Yangon-Bagan  rail  route.  The  61  and  62  Yan-gon-Bagan special trains will run daily. 

Moreover,  MR  will  run  more  passenger  trains  to  fa-cilitate transportation during the  Thadingyut  holidays  be-cause  the  Kyimyindine-Pyay  mail  trains  and  the  Kyimyin-dine-Tharyaywa  trains  are  normally  filled  with  a  large  number  of  passengers  dur-ing  the  Thadingyut  public  holidays. 

Therefore,  MR  said  it  will  increase  the  number  of  passenger  coaches  in  those  trains.

Pwint Thitsar (Translated by La Wonn)