YANGON: A freight train carrying rocks was detonated on the Yangon-Mawlamyine railway line near Kalikyun village, Moe Kaung Village Tract, Thaton township, Mon State, and some of the freight cars derailed, causing damage to the railway, according to officials from Mawlamyine station.
On May 25, at around 8 am, train No.687 Down freight train, which included 19 cars including a locomotive, departed from Thae Phyu Kone station in Paung Township for Taungoo town. It was detonated near milepost (124/3) near Kalikyun village, Moe Kaung Village Tract, Thaton Township, at around 9:30 am, an official from Mawlamyine station said.
