phuketrichard wrote:

Someone told me there is a passenger train from Bangkok to Pattaya that takes over 5 hours too.

They lied
its only a 90 minute taxi from the ariport

Irrelevant infromation. I wasn't talking about a taxi ride. I talked about the existing train service.

On Mondays to Fridays, from Hua Lamphong Train Station, 3rd class train (non-airconditioned) departs at 06.55 am. and arrives at Pattaya station at 10.34 am. before continuing to Sattahip. From Pattaya to Bangkok, the train arrives at Pattaya Station at 02.21 pm. and terminates in Bangkok at 06.25 pm. There is advanced booking available

http://www.pattaya.net/go/

The official schedule says it's a 4 hour train ride from Pattaya to Bangkok. The people who told me about their trips on that train said it routinely takes over 5 hours each way, regardles of what the schedule says. They did not lie.

I'm hoping my first train trip in Cambodia tomorrow morning, will not be filled with excitement.

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Train kills man asleep on tracks in Takeo


Kong Meta, The Phnom Penh Post
Thu, 7 April 2016

A construction worker sleeping on train tracks was killed by a freight train on Sunday in Takeo province’s Samrong district.

Deputy district police chief Khun Yan said the 36-year-old victim was drunk at a wedding a few kilometres from the Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville freight line that crossed his route home.

“He could not make his way home, so he slept along the way,” he said.

“When he got drunk he would never listen to anyone, he is wild,” said the ill-fated man’s village chief, Sor Sangva.

Khun Yan’s men were on patrol that night, and sighted the victim sleeping in the road. Telling him to move on lest a car hit him, he moved to a cucumber farm.

IraHayes[b] wrote:Will the trains be running over KNY[/b]?

Only be running over people sleeping on the railway track.

Duncan wrote:

IraHayes[b] wrote:Will the trains be running over KNY[/b]?

Only be running over people sleeping on the railway track.

Thanks to all those careing and shareing posters that enquired into my health and welfare after my train trip.
Surprise, surprise , the train actually left on time at 7 am, and you could almost feel the geeeee,forces kick in as we moved off. After the struggle to find my seat , which were badly numbered, I ended up sitting with a old Khmer lady and her 3 grandchildren who had 2 tickets between them. But just like every other problem in Cambodia, it was not a probblem in the end.
Besides having no room for luggage on the train, no leg space, no rubbish bins, a door that was not self closing, in a aircon carrage , the trip was a laugh all the way. And why not, we had Charlie Chaplin nonstop on the video screen for the whole 8 hour trip. Luckly someone had the sence to have it on ''mute '' so we could not hear Charlie mimeing to his actions in the 1930's films. Coincidently , that was about the same time these railway carrages were built.

First stop at Takeo was at 9-10 am till 9-24 am ,, then Kampot , 11-37 am till 12-07,,, Snooky at 2- 50 pm ,,,,, where there were many, many people there to greet us, Mostly tuk-tuk drivers .

One good point about the train is there are electric power points located vby your feet to recharge you phone etc..

It was good to be able to see parts of the country [ and areas of PP ] that you would normally never see.





Kids lost interest in trains and prefered their samsung tablet.




Kampot station



snow on the mountains.

does each carriage have a toilet?

Well done Duncan!
Just as a matter of interest, how long did it take in western time ? And just as important, do you have to take an esky or do they have cold beer available ?