The Yangon Urban Mass Rapid Transit ( my, ရန်ကုန်မြို့ပြလူထုရထားပို့ဆောင်ရေးစီမံကိန်း; YUMRT) is a proposed rapid transit system for

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

's largest city

Yangon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...

. The initial line is due for completion in 2027, becoming Myanmar's first rapid transit system.

Background

An initial proposal in 2015 from the

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(JICA) envisioned two underground rail lines in Yangon along with a light rapid transit network. In April 2019, JICA was announced to be providing assistance to the Burmese

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regarding the project, which was then confirmed to consist of elevated lines.

Network

The first line () will consist of an elevated line from

Hlaingthaya Township Hlaingthaya Township ( my, လှိုင်သာယာ မြို့နယ်, ; also spelt Hlaing Tharyar Township) is located in the western part of Yangon, Myanmar. It was one of the biggest township in the country and it was also the most ...

to Parami railway station. The proposed line will begin at Hlaingthaya station, cross the Hlaing River south of Bayinnaung Bridge, before reaching Okkyin railway station along Parami Road. Eventually the line will reach

Togyaunggalay railway station Togyaunggalay railway station ( my, တိုးကြောင်ကလေးဘူတာ) is a railway station on the Yangon Circular Railway in Yangon, Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA ...

References

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