According to the Bangkok Post, the station-master at Aranyaprathet says the line at Khlong Luek is just waiting to be connected to the Cambodian one from Poipet. Sutthipoj Suwanchawee carried on by saying this would probably be a few more months as Cambodia still had a lot of work to do on the line from Phnom Penh.
Although work on the project has been slowed down by various holdups, Cambodia’s Transport Minister has said it should be completed by July at the latest. The Cambodians confirmed last month more than 100kms of the tracks between Phnom Penh and Pursat still needs to be brought up to standard.
12GO ASIA says the line used to run from Phnom Penh to Poipet but services beyond Battambang were discontinued just after the end of WWII. When the international link is re-christened, Thai authorities say they will donate a four-carriage train to mark the occasion.
Thai side of Bangkok to Phnom Penh rail link good to go
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The reconnection of a railway line linking Bangkok and Phnom Penh is all set to go on the Thai side. The renovation of a six kilometre stretch of tracks from Aranyaprathet Station to Khlong Luek on the Thai-Cambodian border has been finished.