Battambang - PP road

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Anyone took a bus to or fro Battambang recently? I am wondering about the driving times and especially how a bus trip went. Thanks!
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Not the bus but by truck

Its really bad in a few portions of the road, mainly when you're first leaving pp but gets extremely good closer to pursat you get
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Darkcel wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 12:08 pm Not the bus but by truck

Its really bad in a few portions of the road, mainly when you're first leaving pp but gets extremely good closer to pursat you get
Pursat is 200km away, that's a long way on a bad road. May be better getting the slow train.
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The train leaves Phnom Penh at 7AM and gets to Battambang at 2PM.
The view from the train is much better than you would get from a bus or taxi. As an added bonus, you are able to get up and walk around the train. There is a toilet, but this is a little primitive but perfectly functional and western. Currently, there is no food being sold on the trains, But, I am guessing this will change in the future too. I think I would grab water and a pate baguette to go on the train so you can have something to eat on the train. There is food and drink sold at the stations, the stops being Pursat and Kampong Chhnang at present. You will have to be quick though.
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nemo wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 1:18 pm The train leaves Phnom Penh at 7AM and gets to Battambang at 2PM.
The view from the train is much better than you would get from a bus or taxi. As an added bonus, you are able to get up and walk around the train. There is a toilet, but this is a little primitive but perfectly functional and western. Currently, there is no food being sold on the trains, But, I am guessing this will change in the future too. I think I would grab water and a pate baguette to go on the train so you can have something to eat on the train. There is food and drink sold at the stations, the stops being Pursat and Kampong Chhnang at present. You will have to be quick though.
Have they started to take moto's?
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No, that is just a railmotor
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nemo wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 1:18 pm The train leaves Phnom Penh at 7AM and gets to Battambang at 2PM.
The view from the train is much better than you would get from a bus or taxi. As an added bonus, you are able to get up and walk around the train. There is a toilet, but this is a little primitive but perfectly functional and western. Currently, there is no food being sold on the trains, But, I am guessing this will change in the future too. I think I would grab water and a pate baguette to go on the train so you can have something to eat on the train. There is food and drink sold at the stations, the stops being Pursat and Kampong Chhnang at present. You will have to be quick though.
7 hours? No thanks lol
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How long to drive in a bus?
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nemo wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 3:08 pm How long to drive in a bus?
Dunno - not a bus traveller either - prefer my own driving
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Jerry Atrick wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 3:10 pm
nemo wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 3:08 pm How long to drive in a bus?
Dunno - not a bus traveller either - prefer my own driving
Either way it's a bumpy highway verses a smooth track.
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