Thread: Cambodia-Thailand Friendship Railway Bridge Completed

AKP Phnom Penh, September 22, 2016 - The Cambodia-Thailand Friendship Railway Bridge in Poipet, Banteay Meanchey province was connected yesterday, according to a news release from the Cambodian Ministry of Public Works and Transport.

H.E. Sun Chanthol, Senior Minister, Minister of Public Works and Transport of Cambodia, presided at the event, where concrete was caste in a ceremony to complete the connecting railway bridge.

“This link, between the Cambodian and Thai railways, is as of today, completed,” underlined H.E. the Senior Minister said.

The Ministry is continuing its efforts to repair and rebuild the track via this link, up to Battambang provincial town by the end of 2016, and later to connect the track onwards to the station in the capital Phnom Penh, he added.

This northern line from Phnom Penh to Poipet, is 386 kilometers in total length, and was originally built and in operation between 1929 and 1942, during the French colonial era.

National News Bureau Of Thailand | Cambodia-Thailand Friendship Railway Bridge Completed

If they had a decent train going direct it would be a nice trip for a few days in PP.

Love traveling by train, but much rather this:



Than this:

Amazing how well trains operated under colonial rule, built by the French it ran efficiently Until 1942.

Originally Posted by wasabi

Amazing how well trains operated under colonial rule, built by the French it ran efficiently Until 1942.

Originally Posted by wasabi

Amazing how well trains operated under colonial rule, built by the French it ran efficiently Until 1942.

easy if you pay peanuts and have the guns

But one must have ones priorities......

Didn't they open up a train crossing at Nong Khai/Vientiane 5 years or so ago? There was much hand ringing and celebration, probably called the Super Friendship Forever Thanks China For Buying Bridge or something.

How's that going?