Trainspotting

[Doc67]

Are the trains running again for passengers?

[nemo]

yes
Battambang and Pursat now too,

https://www.facebook.com/groups/119399261800867

[Jerry Atrick]

Are the trains running again for passengers?

Yes, slowly

[nemo]

5.5 hrs to SV so not bad.

[Jerry Atrick]

5.5 hours to cover 225km is slow as all hell

And that is their advertised time. The average journey is much longer.

Kampot to phnom penh can take 8 hours on a bad day. 160km...

They can't run an efficient passenger service on single gauge rail lines, especially when 90% of their revenue comes from freight

[Doc67]

5.5 hours to cover 225km is slow as all hell

And that is their advertised time. The average journey is much longer.

Kampot to phnom penh can take 8 hours on a bad day. 160km...

They can't run an efficient passenger service on single gauge rail lines, especially when 90% of their revenue comes from freight

When it comes to transportation in Cambodia, I like slow.

PP to Kampot shouldn't be much more than 5 hours surely?

[Jerry Atrick]

5.5 hours to cover 225km is slow as all hell

And that is their advertised time. The average journey is much longer.

Kampot to phnom penh can take 8 hours on a bad day. 160km...

They can't run an efficient passenger service on single gauge rail lines, especially when 90% of their revenue comes from freight

When it comes to transportation in Cambodia, I like slow.

PP to Kampot shouldn't be much more than 5 hours surely?

It can be when there's three freight trains being let through or when there is a broken unit blocking the tracks

[nemo]

5.5 hours to cover 225km is slow as all hell

And that is their advertised time. The average journey is much longer.

Kampot to phnom penh can take 8 hours on a bad day. 160km...

They can't run an efficient passenger service on single gauge rail lines, especially when 90% of their revenue comes from freight

That is the reported time from a passenger who traveled yesterday- from the link I gave.
It usually takes me around that from home in PP by taxi.

Royal group pretty much operates the passenger service as a condition of having the freight business.
It is a PR exercise to them.
They do not currently seem to see any potential in the passenger business at all.

[AndyKK]

I think it is the safest way to travel, slow journey through the countryside, and the added bonus of a comfortable seat and air-conditioning.