The Yangon-Mandalay railway, operating by Myanma Railways (MR), has a total length of 620 km, connecting Myanmar’s largest commercial city Yangon with the capital Naypyidaw and Myanmar’s second-largest commercial city Mandalay. While the increasing of passenger and cargo transport demand, it is facing lower operating speeds, delays and derailments because of the aging of its existing facilities, equipment and rolling stock. Under JICA assistance, the rehabilitation and modernization of the existing railway and related facilities have been developed. The development is separated into 2 phases which are; 

Phase I: from Yangon to Toungoo approximately 270 km. 

Phase II: from Taungoo – Mandalay approximately 350 km.

Services

In phase 1, OCT was responsible for detailed design of 23 new bridges along the route of Phase 1 with the span length ranging from 17m to 25m, Box-culvert, and slope stability analysis. The superstructures of the bridges were PC-I girders and the substructures were reinforced concrete piers and abutments sitting on 1.20 m. dia. bored pile foundations.

Client:
OC GLOBAL - JICA – Myanmar Railways 

Period:
April 2020 – October 2020

Services Provided:
Design