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Train Trip Death Railway Bridge
4.5
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Kanchanaburi
Take a train trip along the historic Death Railway Bridge on the River Kwai from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. Explore war museums, walk the bridge, and enjoy stunning countryside views.
Take a train trip along the historic Death Railway Bridge on the River Kwai from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. Explore war museums, walk the bridge, and enjoy stunning countryside views.
Duration:
10 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Kanchanaburi War Cemetery - The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, also known locally as the Don-Rak War Cemetery, serves as the primary burial ground for prisoners of war (POWs) who perished under Japanese captivity while constructing the Burma Railway. It is the final resting place for 6,982 POWs, predominantly from Australia, Britain, and the…
- Kanchanaburi War Cemetery - The Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, also known locally as the Don-Rak War Cemetery, serves as the primary burial ground for prisoners of war (POWs) who perished under Japanese captivity while constructing the Burma Railway. It is the final resting place for 6,982 POWs, predominantly from Australia, Britain, and the Netherlands.
- JEATH War Museum - The JEATH War Museum in Thailand is dedicated to the Death Railway, constructed between 1942 and 1943 by Allied POWs under Japanese command as part of the Thai-Burma railways.
- River Khwae Bridge - The Death Railway, constructed during World War II by POWs and Asian laborers under Japanese coercion, was a strategic route intended to facilitate Japan’s invasion of India via Myanmar. Thailand, allied with Japan at the time, supported this effort. The railway, infamous for the high death toll among its laborers, stretches from Nong Pladuk station in Ratchaburi to Thanbyuzayat in Myanmar, covering 415 kilometers with 37 stops. Completed on October 25, 1943, the construction claimed many lives due to illness and Japanese brutality. The Kwai River Bridge, a significant part of this railway, symbolizes both Japanese military ambition and the immense suffering of the laborers. Today, parts of the Death Railway are open to tourists, with the State Railway of Thailand offering routes such as Thonburi-Namtok and a special Bangkok-Namtok line on weekends and holidays. Key attractions include the Kwai River Bridge and the Krasae Cave, where visitors can witness the train’s arrival at 1:30 p.m.
- Kanchanaburi - Explore the Kanchanaburi area
- Kanchanaburi Province - Discover the Kanchanaburi region
- Trip Thai Tour - Tour operator
What's Included
- Lunch
- Train death railway
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
- Lunch
- Train death railway
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- All fees and/or taxes
Additional Information
This tour start from Bangkok we will pick up from hotel in Bangkok. Start 6:00 am onward. Then we will go to Kanchanaburi province.
Itinerary
06:00 am Pick up from the hotel in Bangkok city area
09:10 am The War Cemetery Of The Allied Prisoners Of World war II.
10:00 am Visit Jeath War Museume.
10:40 am Walk along the Bridge Over the River Kwai….
This tour start from Bangkok we will pick up from hotel in Bangkok. Start 6:00 am onward. Then we will go to Kanchanaburi province.
Itinerary
06:00 am Pick up from the hotel in Bangkok city area
09:10 am The War Cemetery Of The Allied Prisoners Of World war II.
10:00 am Visit Jeath War Museume.
10:40 am Walk along the Bridge Over the River Kwai.
11:10 am Take The Train trip along the death railway sight-seeing the Countryside.
13:45 Lunch will be provided at Restaurant.
15:00 Depart From The Restaurant to Bangkok
Location
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
284/66 Sangchuto Rd,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Joylinek
Aug 18, 2024
Wonderful day trip - Such a wonderful experience we had with Rach as our tour guide. Very educational and informative. Everything went well couldn't fault anything 😌. Will definitely recommend this experience as a day trip from bangkok. The lunch was also 👌🏾 lovely a nice taste of local food 😋.
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Simon
Oct 29, 2023
Death Railway train ride is a MUST DO - This is a fantastic train ride with spectacular scenes from this amazing railway that cost so much to build. This is a must do experience and something you can make a day of. You can take the train to the caves were POW once bathed and to the end of the railway today were you can experience the waterfall and a place where once Australian and British POW once had there camps.
This i definitely a trip to take the kids on and the train runs regular to easily get back and forth.
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Towen1841
Feb 7, 2020
Great trip that was spoilt - Our day started off with being picked up late then transferred to another mini bus about an hour & half into the the trip one of the passenger's asked how long for the toilet stop as he was getting desperate OOM our guide went buzurk at him calling him a lady & couldn't he wait this went on untill we did finally stop which made us feel very uncomfortable, but they patched up and we enjoyed the day, then on returning to Bangkok he pulled over said as it was really busy and our hotel was just down the road everyone got off and took the SkyTrain,but as our hotel was just down the road we would walk , but after an hour we ended up getting a Tuk-tuk at the cost of 200 BTS back to our hotel we got dropped off at 5.15 & got back to our hotel at 7.45 so not impressed wouldn't recommend this company but the trip was really interesting
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Narial
Feb 9, 2020
Great start with a disappointed ending - We had a great start, the tour operator pick us up on time. The tour guide (Omme apologies for the misspelling) gave us an introduction about the tour while going to see the death railway bridge on the river Kwai. Everything was well explained in detail so when we arrived on the first stop at the Kanchanabury war cemetery we had sufficient time to walk around. The second stop was at River Kwai Museum, here Omme explained the history and why the construction of the museum was needed. Inside there are few portraits describing the prisoners living condition. After the museum we continued our journey by long tail boat on the river Kwai to the death railway bridge. So far the trip was going well, we reached the death railway bridge where we had the opportunity to walk on it and visit the prisoners campus. A this point we supposed to ride the train for 1 hour and 30 mimutes to admire the scenery and to have an idea how the bridge was built. Unfortunately we were told that the train had some issue with the engine and the departure will be delayed or cancelled. At this point Omme advised to reach the destinatin by the minivan but we had to wait for the driver, who had driven halfway to the train destination point Tham Krasea, to pick us up. Of course we were behind schedule and everything was rushed to make up the time. Before arriving at the death railway bridge we had a lunch at the restaurant proposed by the tour operator. It supposed to be an authentic thai lunch but it was a disaster. The food was cold and overcooked kind of ready meal taste. Nevertheless, we restart our journey to the last destination Tham Krasea. We could only spend no more than 30 minutes to walk on the rail track and see the cave. Surprisingly, walking back to go to the cave we were told to move away from the railway as the train was approaching!
Afterwards everyone was back in the minivan where the driver drove as back to Bangkok. As everything was so behind schedule we were left in the vicinity of the hotel instead at the hotel as stipulated in the tour guide. It was a shame as this tour does have a great potential but they need to take into account of potential delays.
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