[1] Yangon previously had a tramway network which closed down during World War II.

Funded by Japanese investment, the tram line service at Strand Road terminates between Wardan Jetty and Linsadaung, Botataung Township, a journey of around 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) using a single 50-year old tram from Hiroshima Electric Railway in Hiroshima, Japan.

The three standard gauge routes of the Rangoon Steam Tramway Company opened on 4th March 1884.

By the 1930s trams provided efficient public transportation all around the city of Rangoon.

The generation station was reconstructed to supply electricity but was eventually nationalised in 1953 and the tramway company was dissolved in 1961.