Yangon tram
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| Basic information | |
| Country | Myanmar |
| city | Yangon |
| opening | January 10, 2016 |
| Shutdown | July 1, 2016 |
| operator | Myanmar Railways |
| Infrastructure | |
| Route length | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Power system | 660 V |
| business | |
| Lines | 1 |
| Clock in the peak hours | 6 trips per day |
| vehicles | 50 year old Japanese tram |
The Yangon tram (formerly Rangoon Electric Tramways ) was put back into service on a line on January 11, 2016, but was discontinued after just six months.
prehistory
Steam tram
In Rangoon , which is now officially called Yangon , a steam tram was built at the end of the 19th century by John Darwood, a successful Rangoon businessman . He had a license for it and ran it for several years without financial success before selling it to a company in Calcutta . This company was also not profitable and was liquidated in 1899.
Electric tram
John Darwood bought back the concession in 1902 to operate an electric tram from December 15, 1906. Since the vehicles and all equipment had to be imported from Great Britain, the investment costs were very high. So he sold the concession to a group of British investors who founded the Rangoon Electric Tramway and Supply Company in Liverpool in 1905 . There was even a specially decorated hearse in 1909. The tram network was operated with up to 77 vehicles in 1921. The Muslim director of the former Rangoon Electric Tramways, Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood , donated free rides to the morning alms gathering ( Soon Khan Kwya ) for the Buddhist monks .
The power station and headquarters building were in Ahlone Township . A line went along Dalhousie Street (now Mahabandoola Street) to Sule Pagodae, then turned north and later east on Montgomery Street (now Bogyoke Aung San Street), which it took to Pazundaung Jetty. A line led uphill from the bell tower on China Street to the south portal of the Shwedagon Pagoda . The system was expanded until the mid-1930s and during that time transported over 40 million passengers a year. It was in operation until World War II when the power station was destroyed by a Japanese air raid. The operating company was nationalized in 1953 as part of the Rangoon Electricity Supply Board, and in 1961 the Rangoon Electric Tramway was dissolved after protracted disputes over shareholder compensation.
history
The tram was put back into service on January 10, 2016, financed with Japanese support. It connected the Wardan Jetty and Linsadaung stations in Botataung Township on a 4.8 km long route . The tram depot, the power station and the 6.6 kV overhead line with 139 masts cost 143.13 million kyat according to official information .
A single 50-year-old historic tram from Hiroshima in Japan was used as the rail vehicle. The set had 3 cars with 200 seats and 230 standing places.
The tram only ran six times a day, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The fare was 100 ( kyat ), i.e. H. about € 0.06.
An extension planned for 2016 from Wardan Jetty west to Kyeemyindaing and from Linsadaung east to Pazundaung Township would have brought the route length to 11.3 km.
The Yangon tram ceased operations on July 1, 2016, after having been in operation for only six months.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yangon launches light rail line . In: Railway Gazette International . DVV Media UK. January 12, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ a b No more electric tram on Yangon's Strand Road. Coconuts Yangon, July 1, 2016 (American English).
- ↑ a b c d e f Rangoon Tramways. In: Jan Ford's World, The occasional and probably unreliable recollections of an aging female. July 5, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ↑ a b c Tram Views of Asia: Burma . Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ↑ Dr. Ko Ko Gyi's blog (autobiography by Dr. Abdul Rahman Zafrudin): Sir Adamjee Haji Dawood the Muslim who donate free Yangon Tram Pass for Monks. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ↑ a b Trams return to Yangon after 100 years . Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ a b Trams return to streets of Yangon . In: BBC News . January 19, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ Yangon launches light rail line. Railway Gazette, January 12, 2016.
- ↑ Yangon government eyeing second commuter tram