Mawlamyine-Yangon train maintains regular schedule despite nationwide flood

Floods have happened nationwide as a result of continual heavy rains; however, No 82-down Mawlamyine-Yangon train departed from Mawlamyine on the morning of 12 September, according to its regular timetable.
The train departed Mawlamyine at the regular schedule 8:30 am, with a total of 290 passengers onboard, according to Mawlamyine railway station.
Myanmar Railways’ staff have inspected railway bridges between Donwun station and Hninpale station, which often flood in the rainy season, and so far, it is safe for trains to travel, said the railway station.
It said that the No 82-down train would arrive at Yangon Railway Station at 5:45 pm.
So far, Mawlamyine-Yangon trains run on a daily basis, and upper-class tickets are sold one to three days in advance and ordinary class tickets are sold a day in advance at the booking ticket counter, from 7 am to 3 pm.
Yangon-Mawlamyine railway is used by many rail passengers, and trains are always packed. — MT/ZS