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Mawlamyine-Dawei railway section (310.58 km) was constructed during 1994-1998. It is one of the most important branch lines of Myanmar Railways, not only for local railway transport but also for its link to Thailand and the ASEAN railway network. This project will improve railway transport forpassengers and freight. This railway line is a part of the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) southern corridor in Myanmar. It will be linked with the new Dawei-Hteekhee line as a proposed spur line of the Singapore-Kunming Rail Link (SKRL) to Thailand.

Progress (as of March 2021)

Proposed. Upon further consideration and existing border trade development situation, it was found that choos- ing one of three alternate Railway Links would be more advantageous to both of Myan- mar and Thailand in GMS Region, namely; (a) a missing link from Than- phyuzayat- Three Pagodas Pass (110 km in Myanmar side) to Nank Toke (Thailand); (b) a missing link from Thahton- Hpaan-Myawaddy (190 km in Myanmar side) to Maesot (Thailand) (c) a missing link from Dawei - Htikee (142 km in Myanmar side) to Kanchanaburi (Thailand). During the joint session of 13th Mekong - Japan industry and Government Dialogue and the 1st Meeting of 2020 AMEICC working group on West - East Corridor Development (WEC-WG), Myanmar side highlighted the above situation and proposed as prioritized project to get the Technical Assistance under Mekong Industrial Development Vision 2.0 (MIDV 2.0).

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