Death Railway in Thailand

[stlouisrocker100]

The railway used to much longer, but now most of it has rotted away. Probably a good thing if you take the terrible history of its contruction into consideration. At least the grand old bridge still stands.

[trinketbox1]

Hate to ask what the guy was doing at 01:22.

[ElPresiBof]

@trinketbox1 just looking, having fresh air ;-) not what you think...

[MrMikerose48]

Why is it called "Death Railway" ?

[ElPresiBof]

@MrMikerose48 read some other comments, you'll find the answer or just google it.

[theexpliotedforlife]

@MrMikerose48 It's called the Death Railway because over 180,000 Asian labourers and 60,000 Allied Prisoners of War worked on the railway and about 100'000 Asian forced labourers and 16'000 Prisoners of war died due to disease, starvation and abuse by the Japanese captors. (6,318 British personnel, 2,815 Australians, 2,490 Dutch, about 356 Americans and a smaller number of Canadians and New Zealanders)

[khanba07]

Which route this belongs to ? is this in chiangmai - bankok or some where else in thailand?

[loginz1176]

@khanba07 the original railway it's from Petchaburi (Thailand) to Mandalay (Myanmar) the main purpose of this railway was build for transportation from the gulf of Thailand into Mandalay for invasion China at the south.

but anyway, this railway was never been uses by Japanese army because the war is over before finish all of the whole line.

and now, the railway has been shut down almost the whole line and open only about 30km for tourism trip from Ratchaburi to Kanchanaburi.

[1234134131]

This train had been using for 90 years ago since king RAMA 5

[sativadivinorum]

Beautiful footage. Hard to believe that a place with such a history can be so breathtaking. :)

[NT2261980]

Welcome to Thailand . For someone who dont like Thailand ....Mai pen rai...just dont come ..OK

[thanasis612]

@NT2261980 welcome !!!! I'm coming and so excited....

[thanasis612]

@NT2261980 

[lorkamthornutube]

please and please, do not buy the railway ticket outside station, we have the tourist train only, you can buy the ticket at kanchanaburi station only 300 baht all route and haft route 150 baht

[iiDiiOZ]

i dont know why, but i watched the whole video...

[jackisarocknroll]

they built this railway since the world war 2 i think

[arpodyssey1]

whats the music in the video? i realy like traditional music but its so hard to find can you tell me the name of that music or the name of this one particularly?

thanks

[llothar68]

The real death railway in Thailand is Bangkok Sky Train station SiamSquare to Chitlom. Fuck Abhisit Murder of Democracy.

[2002puravida]

Wow, what an amazing railway.

[alvaro23xc]

welcome to the most freak country around the world!!... fucking thai!

[MrBritler]

why is it called death railway

[ivetren]

@MrBritler Many people were died while building that bridge

[BigAussieBloke69]

Phuck That!...

[hanlieh]

Please excuse me for asking a very stupid question, but I have never been here so am pretty much clueless. Is the bridge close to where you took the video of the train going along the river. I am wanting to visit and am just trying to work out the logistics. Thank you.

[ElPresiBof]

@hanlieh If I remember right, it took something like 30 minutes to the railwaystation and perhaps 20 minutes before arriving on the side of the river Kwai by train.

[Aynglfyre]

My father was a p.o.w captured at Singapore and worked on the railway from start to end, thankfully he survived, but was a broken man, physically and mentally.

Thanks for posting the video, its good to see what my father would have seen when he was there.

[Aynglfyre]

275,000 prisoners of war built this railway, and for every sleeper laid it cost one life. 94,000 p.o.w's lost their lives building it. They were treated worse than animals, starved and tortured, forced to work with no food and while suffering disease.

It should never be forgotten, although Thailand and Burma are beautiful countries and now use this railway as a tourist attraction, it should never be forgotten how it was built and the suffering that it caused.

[rajivkrishnatr]

why is it named 'death railway' ????

the train seems pleasent.....

[ualien42]

@rajivkrishnatr its the river Kwai, in other words, the Japs in WW2 took over the bridge and a squad of men went in a destroyed it, but at a cost, i think thats why is called it like that

[rajivkrishnatr]

@ualien42 thanks!!

[ualien42]

@rajivkrishnatr np

[JanboJay]

@rajivkrishnatr

It is called Death Railway because so many allied prisoners of war and Asian labourers died during the construction of this bridge.

The bridge was not taken over by the Japanese it was in fact constructed with the soul purpose of bridging the river to allow a railway to be built between Thailand and Burma.

The treatment of the prisoners and laboures by the japnanese rates as some of the worst attrocities in any war.

My father was an allied POW and very lucky, he survived.

[rajivkrishnatr]

@JanboJay oh, so now its a tourist attraction! thank you, i wish to visit this place one day!.

[JanboJay]

@rajivkrishnatr ,The bridge was dismantled in Sumatra and taken to the Rriver Kwae to be built by the prisoners, before this there was just a bamboo and ratan pedestrian bridge which my father said was VERY WOBBLY !

Historians do say that one man died for every railway sleeper laid.

Many of the Asians and Chinese who worked as impressed labour have no known graves and it is still only estimated on the numbers lost.

Please try to visit one day, it is truelly AWE - inspiring.

[wwemitch]

my uncle died fighting here in WW2

[nycdude111]

very ugly lookin train..

[jack253]

they done that on the coaches too.. at most of the stop overs. 8 Hours on a coach from Bangkok to Ubon Chat something.. never again.. Got a flat ass when i arrived

[31buttlover]

I'm thinking about moving out of USA and living under this bridge.

[sheadaa]

actually,some singaporeans were forced to build it by the japanese during the war

[metaridleyfan2]

mmmmmmmmmm, i see why they go slow.....

[rongenman]

wow great dining car!! that seriously looks good...mmmmgreat video

[ElPresiBof]

yeah , with original amercain pancakes, lol

[jippranza]

i here is a Kanjanaburi in Thailand beautifull very mach

[dj315]

anyone know if 3:15 between the Bridge and Bangkok?

[BoyScout1960]

One thing most people don't know is that the Japanese soldiers were treated with incredible brutality by their own officers during this construction project and also died like flies.

[Butthead3600]

omg thats the bridge Form Medal of honor

[hotelhotel111]

where was that train heading to?? or coming from?

[simpleboy12345678]

thai land looks beautifull country

i will visit it

[ElPresiBof]

You're right. Take your ticket... ;-). Great country, a lot to see and... very friendly people.

[JanboJay]

@simpleboy12345678

Thailand is very beautifull indeed and the area where the River Kwae bridge is situated is Kanchanaburi which is a city and also a province, try to visit it is wonderfull.

[Abbertnormaal]

but why DEATH ( !!! ) railway?

[orionsyndrome]

try wikipedia with those keywords

[penn65000cycling]

Because so many Allied prisoners of WW11 died during the building of the railway which crosses the River Kwai.

Hollywood made a movie "Bridge Over The River Kwai"

[Abbertnormaal]

thnxz

[ddpl365]

Bridge Over The Ricer Kwai was a book before it was a movie. Read the book! It's amazing

[JamesSeddon84]

WW11 shit how long was i asleep for?!

[penn65000cycling]

I received email informing me that you replied to my 4 month old comment- so I reckon you have been asleep for 4 months

[racenemo]

Have you seen BRIDGE OVER RIVER KWAI, the rail was built in WW2 by prisoners of war. Many Dutch English POW died working there

[thadlim]

because the train tracks are made of wood.the railway were made by the POW(prisoner of war). during the WW2

[MpLMx]

After Singapore (in British control) fell to the Japanese Army during WW II in early 1942, many British soldiers that tried to defend the base there, as prisoners of war, were used to build this bridge.

Many of them died while building the railway.

[Speedless73]

nice video, this is thailand!!!

beautyful.

by the way: amazing motorsound.

[SomeSlackerKnowsIt]

This rocks!

[ElPresiBof]

thanx :-)