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The Asian Development Bank says a US$1.5 billion loan to Bangladesh to build a railway line will bring trade and tourism to the country’s south and improve access to Burma.
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Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will invest US $250 million over three loans to help upgrade Rangoon’s existing Circular Railway line.
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Seven Shan migrant workers from Burma were killed when a truck carrying them collided with a train in northern Thailand.
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The government plans to restart a stalled railway project that will pass through Mrauk-U, an ancient city in northern Arakan State, although authorities and locals could not agree on where the railway will traverse.
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The Rangoon circular railway, whose trains depart from Insein township to the Rangoon Central Railway Station at 5am every morning, will be equipped with a new exclusive train on 1 November.
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A new air-conditioned train service launches this weekend, offering tourists and pilgrims the chance to travel from Rangoon to the historical Buddhist site of Kyaiktiyo.
Bangladeshi PM at the Chittagoing opening ceremony as Dhaka eyes a trans-Burma link for better connectivity with China
