Individual Travel to Burma
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Train schedule (1997)
 
  The schedule itself was still correct in febrary 2008 only the prices have changed. More information about the situation today you find here  
Up trains are the ones leaving Yangon, down trains go towards Yangon. Tickets are sold at the Myanmar tourist office, various hotels and at the railway station. In Yangon there is a separate counter for foreigners. Steam engines are still being used but diesel is taking over. The entrance is in front of Thai International airways at Bogoke Aung San road. Better idea is to visit the head station master , the man who knows the actual fares for the trip. Travel guides do not mention the possibility to go by train to Bagan from Yangon but it is possible. The trip takes about 20 hours. The timetable as given to me by the stationmaster proved to be rather correct. As a foreigner you have to pay for your tickets with dollars or FEC. You pay more than locals do. Hotels and tourist offices usually do not charge a surcharge for the service of collecting the tickets for you. Boat tickets is about the same story. Trains crossing bridges is an experience not to be missed. The bus mostly is heavily overcrowded. Another alternative is to take a private driver. This way you will see the most. Planes in my opinion you only take when in a hurry.