The total travel time, including stops at stations, for the Yangon-Mandalay route will be approximately 11 hours, while the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon route will take about five and a half hours.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications, through Myanmar Railways, is set to launch a new service connecting Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay-Nay Pyi Taw with modern air-conditioned DEMU trains starting on 28 February. The new train sets, which have been imported from Japan, will be used for the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw (No 7) and Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon (No 8) routes, as well as the Mandalay-Nay Pyi Taw (No 28) and Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay (No 27).
The new DEMU trains on the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw route will depart Yangon station at 6 am, reaching Nay Pyi Taw at around 11:30 am. Meanwhile, the air-conditioned trains on the Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon route will leave Nay Pyi Taw at noon and arrive in Yangon at 5:30 pm. The Mandalay-Nay Pyi Taw trains will depart from Mandalay station at 6 am and arrive in Nay Pyi Taw at 11 am. The Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay trains will leave Nay Pyi Taw at noon and reach Mandalay at 5 pm.
Each train set will consist of four first-class coaches, two upper-class coaches and a total of six carriages, accommodating 312 passengers on the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw route and 330 passengers on the Mandalay-Nay Pyi Taw route. Ticket prices for the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw and Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon routes will be K19,000 for first class, K28,000 for upper class, and K7,000 for ordinary class on the Mandalay-Nay Pyi Taw and Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay routes.
Tickets for the entire Yangon-Mandalay route, including both directions will cost K26,000 for first class, and K39,000 for upper class and will be available for purchase three days in advance. Passengers will be able to transfer between the DEMU trains and air-conditioned trains at Nay Pyi Taw station.
Throughout the Yangon-Mandalay route, the trains will stop at Bago, Pyu, Toungoo, Nay Pyi Taw and Thazi stations and the total travel time including stops at stations will be approximately 11 hours. On the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon route, the travel time will be about five hours and a half.
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