Death Railway in Thailand
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@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.
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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.
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@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)
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Which route this belongs to ? is this in chiangmai - bankok or some where else in thailand?
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This train had been using for 90 years ago since king RAMA 5
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Hate to ask what the guy was doing at 01:22.
trinketbox1 5 months ago
@trinketbox1 just looking, having fresh air ;-) not what you think...
ElPresiBof 5 months ago
Why is it called "Death Railway" ?
MrMikerose48 5 months ago
@MrMikerose48 read some other comments, you'll find the answer or just google it.
ElPresiBof 5 months ago
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.
hanlieh 1 year ago
@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.
ElPresiBof 1 year ago