06.05.2025 (04:30 PM)

A bridge over a river between Hnin Pale Station and Taung Son Station on the Yangon-Mawlamyine Railway in Bilin Township was detonated this morning (May 6), temporarily halting train services.

A local resident said that the bridge, known locally as the Sihyo Bridge, between Hnin Pale Station and Taung Son Station on the Yangon-Mawlamyine Railway near Thin Taw Gyi Village in Kaw Ka Dut Village Tract, Bilin Township, was detonated at around 5:30 a.m. today (May 6), according to a local.

He continued, “The Sihyo Bridge, which was detonated by detonation, was partially destroyed. We also heard that more unexploded mines have been found.”

The bridge over the Yangon-Mawlamyine railway line that was destroyed by a mine is Bridge No. (65), which is about 80 feet (65) long, between Hnin Pale Station and Taung Son Station, near Thin Taw Village, Kaw Ka Dut Village, Bilin Township, Mon State, according to an official from Mawlamyine Railway Station.

He continued, “Due to the destruction of the bridge over the Yangon-Mawlamyine Railway Station, both the (82) Asson train departing from Mawlamyine Station to Yangon Station and the (81) Asson train departing from Yangon Station to Mawlamyine Station have been temporarily canceled today, May 6.”

He also said that passengers who had purchased tickets for the (82) Asson train from Mawlamyine Station to Yangon Station will receive a refund at the ticket booth at Mawlamyine Station between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m.

According to officials at Mawlamyine Railway Station, the railway bridge that was damaged by a mine is also being repaired as soon as possible.

On May 3, the Moe Kaung Bridge on the Yangon-Mawlamyine road near Moe Kaung Village in Thaton Township was damaged by a mine, and two days later, the Yangon-Mawlamyine railway bridge between Hnin Pale Station and Taung Son Station in Bilin Township was damaged by a mine.

Since February 1, 2021, railway bridges, passenger trains and freight trains on the Yangon-Mawlamyine railway have been damaged by a mine at least 12 times, according to local sources.