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facilities of the existing railway between Yangon city and Mandalay city and modernize them to
increase the safety and speed of train operation, to reduce transportation cost, and to increase
passenger and freight transportation, all of which will contribute to the national economic
development and improve the quality of life of the residents. The proposed technical targets of
this project are to achieve a safe maximum train running speed of 100 km/h and to provide a
train operation service of less than 8 hours for the section from Yangon to Mandalay. The
construction stage of this project has been started since the middle of 2018 and it is still under
ongoing period.