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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.
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 centre is located to the west of the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, [3] and is housed in the former headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army which was constructed by prisoners of war and Asian forced labourers. [4]
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.
About a hundred thousand conscripted Asian labourers and 12,000 prisoners of war died on the whole project, which was nicknamed the Death Railway. A camp was established at Tamarkan, which is about five kilometres from Kanchanaburi. In the Tamarkan camp, Toosey worked courageously to ensure that as many as possible of the 2,000 Allied prisoners ...
The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre, which gives a good introduction of the Burma Railway and its history. There are also two war cemeteries, Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and Chungkai War Cemetery. The JEATH War Museum is located near the Thailand–Burma Railway station of Kanchanaburi. Although it is called the War Museum, the museum also houses ...
Ceased operations after World War II. Also known as the Burma Railway or Death Railway. Bangkok–Samut Prakan (Paknam Railway) 21 km (13 mi) Narrow gauge: 11 April 1893 1960 It is the first railway in Thailand. Open in 1893, operated by Paknam Railway Co.Ltd. In 1943, It is operated by State Railway of Thailand. In 1960 the cabinet approved ...