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Map of the Death Railway. A railway route between Burma and Thailand, crossing Three Pagodas Pass and following the valley of the Khwae Noi river in Thailand, had been surveyed by the British government of Burma as early as 1885, but the proposed course of the line – through hilly jungle terrain divided by many rivers – was considered too difficult to undertake.
The nearest railway station is at Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi, where trains of the State Railway of Thailand can be taken for a trip over the Wang Pho Viaduct and across the bridge over the River Kwai to Kanchanaburi, which is the nearest major town and tourist base. Visitors to the site usually base themselves in Kanchanaburi.
The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์ทางรถไฟไทย-พม่า) is a museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. It is privately funded and ran by Rod Beattie, [ 1 ] an Australian who is an expert in the history of the Thailand–Burma Railway . [ 2 ]
The JEATH War Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์อักษะเชลยศึก) are two war museums in Kanchanaburi, Thailand about the Death Railway, which was built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese as part of the Thai-Burma railways. The older JEATH museum is located in the CBD area of ...
At Kanchanaburi, there is a memorial and two museums to commemorate the dead. In March 2003, the Thailand–Burma Railway Centre opened and the JEATH (Japanese-English-American-Australian-Thai-Holland) War Museum dedicated to the bridge and the Death Railway. [12] The city is also home to the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. [13]
The station is a class 2 railway station, located 194.24 km (120.7 mi) from Thon Buri railway station. Nam Tok is the current terminus for daily trains from Bangkok on the Death Railway line. However, an excursion train from Bangkok during the weekends continues to Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi Halt , a few kilometres from the station.
Most foreigners are mainly aware of Kanchanaburi's recent history with the Burma Railway. During the Japanese occupation of Thailand in 1942, both allied POWs and Asian labourers were ordered by the Japanese to build a Thailand-Burma railway. Eventually, more than 100,000 people (16,000 allied POWs and 90,000 local Asian labourers) died from ...
In September 1945, there was a railway accident which caused the collapse of the bridge near Konkoita. [12] In October 1946, the Thai section of the line was sold to the Government of Thailand for £1,250,000. The money was used to compensate neighbouring countries and colonies for material stolen by Japan during the construction of the railway ...