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Arakan Flotilla Company, Buthiduang-Maungdaw Tramway #1, "Buthiduang" (BP 5702/1913). The smallest design built by Beyer
Peacock, the line closed in 1926

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 HISTORIES OF RAILWAY PROJECTS

During the year 1892-93 orders were issued for the examination
of a route from Chittagong, along the Arakan Coast and over the
Aeng Pass into Burma.

The Chittagong-Akyab-Minhla connection, or Aeng Pass route,

would cost about Rs. 7 crores for a total distance of about 450
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The Government of Burma has since proposed a still more
southerly route than that to Minhla by the Aeng Pass. For this last
alternative the Local Government during 1903-05 carried out from
Provincial funds a detailed survey for a line from Prome to
Taungup, and a reconnaissance from Zadabin (whence the line to
Taungup branches off) to Zibingyi, from which point Akyab can
be reached by a launch journey of 31 miles. The results are as
folIows ;-
Section. Length, Miles. Estimated cost. Rs.
Prome to Zadabin 109 3,48,89,800
Branch Zadabin to Taungup 4 2,72,500
Zadabin to Zibingyi 170 1,87,00,000

The Local Government now recommends the carrying out from

imperial funds of the detailed survey of a line from Zadabin to
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Chittagong, including a branch to Akyab, with a view to
establishing through connection between Burma and Assam, the
length between Chittagong and Akyab being first taken in hand.

Meanwhile, the Arakan Company Limited, are negotiating with

the Government of Burma for the construction by that Company of
a metre gauge line to connect Buthidaung with Maungdaw, a
distance of 17'25 miles, with the possibility of its ultimate
absorption in the Prome Zadabin-Chittagong scheme.

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A 7.25" gauge 0-6-0+0-6-0 seen at the 7.25 Gauge Society AGM 2006 in North Wales - based on the Buthidaung-Maungdaw
Tramway type, anyone know any more? (Trevor Heath)

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Arakan Light Railway (Buthiduang-Maungdaw Tramway). 1919-1926. 18 miles.

Operated two 0-6-0+0-6-0, the smallest design built by Beyer Peacock.
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Neile, A. ed., 1989, W.G.Bagnall Ltd. Narrow Gauge Locomotives & Rolling Stock 1910, Plateway Press, Brighton.

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The Arakan Flotilla Company constructed a railway between Buthidaung and Maungdaw in
1914. Their plan was to connect Chittagong by railway with Buthidaung, from where the
Arakan Flotilla steamers were ferrying to Akyab and other towns in central and southern
Arakan.
Arakan Flotilla Company, Buthiduang-Maungdaw Tramway #1, "Buthiduang" (BP 5702/1913). The smallest design built by Beyer
Peacock, the line closed in 1926.

Buthidaung Video

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 Buthidaung is a town in the Rakhine State of westernmost part of Myanmar. There
are two road tunnels named Taung Khong Gree and Taung Khong Chay, on the road
between Buthidaung and Maungdaw. Taung khong Gree road tunnel was built by
AC Martin company according to British colonial Government's agenda in 1918.
That tunnel was given a guaranty, 50 years long life.
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Missing Links: Discontinuities in Arakanese History--the Buthidaung-

Maungdaw Steam Tramway, 1911-1926
This paper examines the construction and liquidation of the
Buthidaung-Maungdaw Steam Tramway, 1911-1926, in Arakan
(Western Burma). It was prepared for the:
Arakanese History and Religion Seminar London:
SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies(

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 BURMA GAZETTEER

AKYAB DISTRICT
VOLUME B

Statement G-Railway Stations.

The Arakan Light Railway.

Frome Buthidaung to Kanyinchaung, 18 miles.

Stations. Mailes.
Buthidaung 0
Letwedet 3
Htendaw 5
Rajabill 8
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Kanyinchaung 18
(p. 15), (p. 6, 7)
{Another one Railway Station mentioned in p. 7 as Kappagaung.
Also mentioned name of Maungdaw as Tatechaung}

Statement-E Roads (1st April 1922)

Section IV.
Tatechaung to Kayinchaung. Arakan Light Railway runs along the berm.
(p. 10)

3. Naf-Mayu Road The Arakan Light Railway runs over the Plain Section. One mile
in Buthidaung is surfaced with delone.
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