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The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre

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The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre
Phone:
+66 34 512 721

Hours:
Sunday9am - 5pm
Monday9am - 5pm
Tuesday9am - 5pm
Wednesday9am - 5pm
Thursday9am - 5pm
Friday9am - 5pm
Saturday9am - 5pm


The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway, the Siam–Burma Railway, the Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, was a 415-kilometre railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Empire of Japan in 1943 to support its forces in the Burma campaign of World War II. This railway completed the rail link between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma . The name used by the Japanese Government is Thai–Men-Rensetsu-Tetsudou , which means Thailand-Myanmar-Link-Railway. The line was closed in 1947, but the section between Nong Pla Duk and Nam Tok was reopened ten years later. Between 180,000 and 250,000 Southeast Asian civilian labourers and about 61,000 Allied prisoners of war were subjected to forced labour during its construction. About 90,000 civilian labourers and more than 12,000 Allied prisoners died.
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