THE strong earthquake that struck on 28 March damaged 60 embankments and 11 railway bridges along the Yangon-Man­dalay railway line, and caused the tracks to bend in some places. Myanma Rail­ways has announced that it is urgently repairing the damage using manpower, machinery, and effective logistics.

 

Myanma Railways tested the track’s strength with freight trains on 3 April and the speed of passenger trains on 4 April. After confirming the trains were safe to run, passenger train operations resumed on the morning of 5 April.

 

Regarding the re-routing, the first trains departing from Yangon are the No 11 Up Express to Mandalay at 5 am and the No 7 Up DEMU Express to Nay Pyi Taw at 6 am. Likewise, the first express trains departing from Mandalay are the No 12 Down Express to Yangon at 5 am and the No 28 Down Express to Nay Pyi Taw at 6 am. Additionally, the No 8 Down DEMU Express departs for Yangon at 12:30 pm, and the No 27 Up Airbag Ex­press departs for Mandalay at 1:30 pm. The Yangon-Pyay and Yangon-Mawlamy­ine routes are also operated regularly every day.

 

The aviation sector has been per­mitted to operate domestic flights to Mandalay International Airport since 4 April. As of 5 April, four domestic air­lines have conducted a total of 13 flights, transporting 399 inbound passengers and 573 outbound passengers, totalling 972 passengers.

Ministry of Transport and

Communications