Mandalay Railway Station

After the improvement of the railway system in Myanmar a few years ago, travelers could be able to travel by train cheaper and easier. The location of the train station in Mandalay is the best I have ever seen due to a short walk from my hostel. For anyone who loves travel by train, it would be great to see the old buildings and to mix and ride with the locals. In Mandalay Railway Station you can experience them all.

A little bit dirty.

Well organised train station but doesn't open before 3a.m and lacks some directions and information in English for foreigners. Worry not however, the locals are very helpful and try their best to answer your questions with a smile! :)

A typical train central train station choc-a-bloc passengers on the platform, some camping with makeshift mats and household items probably waiting for trains which might take a little longer to arrive. Conveniently located above the station is Hotel Marvel, which is ideal for travelers who wish to put up at a lodge that is conveniently located, and accessible to most amenities required.

It's a functional train station. I can only comment on arriving around 9am: quite crowded, many taxi drivers soliciting as expected. Just followed the crowd, head to the upper level where the taxis are, then start making your down on the sidewalks (unless you want to hire a taxi). Very close to the Palace (due north), so you won't get lost.

simple & easy to find facilities, friendly people around the area make things easier.... ( language never a barriers to get help, smile & used body language).

It's a good location train station that could well be seen from the main road it's located on the side of the four intersections that cuts it so it wouldn't be very big problem to find the station....the only problem is the display of English language which is totally nill in the station.... everything even the posters and hoardings of the train timetables are in Burmese language....so forget about experimenting with their language by using Google lens to translate it in English and so on....directly go to any counter windows u have to bend a little to see their faces to start an investigation about places and trains....one thing what I did I will share with my Google fraternity is to take the help of sticky notes better if it's paper notes rather than notes in your smartphone....write the desired destination you want to travel with the date of travelling and the quantity of tickets you want.... then give the paper to the person you are conversing with he will definitely help you by reading your note and when he hands over the ticket politely give him the amount and you are done with.....the upper part of the station building is decorated like Pagoda structure and the name displayed there of the station i.e. Mandalay station is too small to be eye catchy but definitely sparkling with lights so you will get a glance of it.....but it's two adjacent buildings are hotels rather than stations so be very careful ...and there is a bridgeway connecting left and right to the station counters directly....so it's better if you take those bridges

Basic facilities. Ticket counters open at 6am and close at 4pm and there’s virtually no English information about timetables, train schedules, routes and prices. Anyway don’t worry! It’s Myanmar and people will find their way to help you out. Some staff speaks English as well. We got our tickets today Mandalay-Hsipaw for tonight at 4am, will arrive at Hsipaw at 3pm. In this route there are 2 classes available: ordinary class 2000MKK with wood seats; upper class 4000MKK with couch like seats. Anyway depending on holidays and festivals it might sell out.