Ferry service between Yangon and Dala to have a new timetable during Thingyan

Yangon March 17

The ferry service between Yangon and Dala will have a new timetable during Thingyan but charge the same price, according to Inland Water Transport.

‘‘Normally the department operates 64 times plying between Pansodan and Dala from 5 am to 9 pm, but during Thingyan, it will only operate 26 times from 6 am to 7 pm’’, said assistant general manager U Thein Myint of Ayeyawady Section of Inland Water Transport.

Currently, the department operates the ferry eight times between Yangon and Kanaungto a day, and during Thingyan, we will only operate six times from 6.30 am to 5 pm,” he said.

The department operates between 6.30 and 6.30 pm 20 times between Wadan and Dala, but during Thingyan, it will only operate eight times between 8 am and 5 pm on three Thingyan days, and 12 times between 7.30 am and 5 pm on Thingyan’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

There are as many as 30,000 commuters daily who use the ferry service between Yangon and Dala whereas around 1,500 commuters use the ferry service between Yangon and Kanaungto, and the ferry service at Wadan caters around 200 commuters daily.

The timetable of road transportation service between Yangon and Kyonemange, Labutta and Bogale will not be changed. Thingyan is the Myanmar New Year Festival and usually falls around mid- April.

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Electric train service due to operation in December

Yangon November 22

Electric train service will start operating in Yangon in coming December according to the Myanma Railway.

Myanmar’s very first electric train (Right) started its test run through the electric trolley line with the speed of 10 km per hour along the tram way in Wartan strand road. This train arrived to Yangon from Japan last month. The construction of electric posts and facilitators are completed.

"Now, test runs are under way. We are planning to run the electric train in the coming month. The train will be run with reasonable price," said U Tun Aung Thin, general manager of Myanma Railway.

The train service will be launched with three segments. The first phase is from Wartan to Pansodan, the second from Pansondan to Linsadaung and the third from Linsadaung to Puzaungtaun.

Electric train will run ten times per day with three carriages and this scheme has been implementing with the cost of over US$ 3 million.

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