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Burma Railway
The railroad bridge over the Khwae Yai River in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
Overview
Other name(s)Death Railway
Nam Tok Line
Siam–Burma Railway
Thai–Burma Railway
Native name泰緬連接鉄道 (Japanese)
LocaleBan Pong, Thailand to Thanbyuzayat, Burma
Termini
  • Nong Pladuk Junction
  • Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi
Former connectionsNam Tok Sai Yok Noi–Thanbyuzayat
Service
TypeHeavy rail
Operator(s)State Railway of Thailand
History
Commenced1942–1947
Opened25 October 1943 (1943-10-25)
Built byPrisoners of war and civilian laborers
Closed1 February 1947 (1947-02-01)
Reopened1 July 1958 (1958-07-01) (Nong Pladuk–Nam Tok)
Technical
Line length415 km (258 mi)
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge[1]
Route map

Legend
Burma Railway
State Railway of Thailand
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Nong Pla Duk
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Nong Pla Duk Junction
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State Railway of Thailand
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Ban Pong Mai
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Sa Kosi Narai
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Ruk Khe
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Tha Ruea Noi
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Tha Muang
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Kanchanaburi
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Khwae Yai Bridge
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Bridge on the River Kwai
Burma Railway
Khao Pun
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Chungkai POW Camp
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Wang Lan
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Wang Yen
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Tha Pong
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Ban Kao
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Tha Kilen
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Lum Sum
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Ai Hit
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Tham Krasae Bridge
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Wang Pho Viaduct
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Wang Pho
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Wang Yai
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Tha Sao POW Camp
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Nam Tok
(Tha Sao)
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Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi
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Tonchan
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Tampii
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Hellfire Pass
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Hin Tok
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Kannyu
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Saiyok
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Kinsaiyok
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Lin Thin
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Kui Yae
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Hindat
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Prang Kasi
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Yongthi
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Tha Kanun
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Nam Chon Yai
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Tha Mayo
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Tamrong Patho
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Kroeng Krai
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Kurikonta
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Konkoita
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Thimongtha
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Shimo Ni Thea
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Ni Thea
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Sonkrai
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Chaunggahla-ya
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Three Pagodas Pass
Thailand–Burma border
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Paya-thanzu Tuang
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Aungganaung
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Regue
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Kyondaw
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Lawa
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Apalon Bridge
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Apalon
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Apalaine
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Mezali
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Kami Mezali
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Lonsi
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Taungzun
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Thanbaya POW Camp
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Thanbaya
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Anankwin
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Myettaw
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Beketaung
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Tanyin
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Retphaw
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Konnoki
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Rabao
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Thetkaw
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Wagale
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Sin-Thanbyuzayat
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Myanmar Railways
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Thanbyuzayat
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Myanmar Railways

The Burma Railway, also known as the Siam–Burma Railway, Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, or as the Death Railway, is a 415 km (258 mi) railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma (now called Myanmar). It was built from 1940 to 1943 by South East Asian civilians abducted and forced to work by the Japanese and a smaller group of captured Allied soldiers, to supply troops and weapons in the Burma campaign of World War II. It completed the rail link between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma. The name used by the Japanese Government was Tai–Men Rensetsu Tetsudō (泰緬連接鉄道), which means Thailand-Burma-Link-Railway.

At least 250,000 Southeast Asian civilians were subjected to forced labour to ensure the construction of the Death Railway and more than 90,000 civilians died building it, as did around 12,000 Allied soldiers. The workers on the Thai side of the railway were Tamils, Malays, and fewer Chinese civilians from Malaya.

Most of these civilians were moved to ‘rest camps’ after October 1943, they remained in these camps after the end of the war as they watched the Allied POWs being evacuated. Survivors were still living in the camps in 1947. They were British subjects who, without access to food or medical care, continued to die of malaria, dysentery and malnutrition. They had survived the ordeal of the Railway only to die in the ‘rest camps’. No compensation or reparations have been provided to the Southeast Asian victims.[2][3][4]

Most of the railway was dismantled shortly after the war. Only the first 130 kilometres (81 mi) of the line in Thailand remained, with trains still running as far north as Nam Tok.

  1. ^ Beattie, Rod (2007). The Thai-Burma Railway. Thailand-Burma Railway Centre. p. 10.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Boggett was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ P. Chandrasekaran. "Remembering Malayan victims of the Death Railway". The Star. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Remembering Death Railway labourers". Tabla! Singapore. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

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