Burma Mines Railway

The Burma Mines Railway is a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge railway in Myanmar for the transportation of locally mined silver and lead ore to a smelter at Namtu.

The line runs from Namyao, on the Mandalay - Lashio branch of Myanmar Railways, via Namtu to Bawdwin and is 80 kilometres (50 mi) long.

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