Bangkok-Cambodia trains will need time to gather steamA train from Bangkok is seen on a test run to Ban Klong Luk station in Sa Kaeo's Aranyaprathet district before regular service starts on Monday. (Photo from @pr.railway Facebook account)Thai and Cambodian trains will be only six kilometres apart on Monday -- but tangible benefits from the new rail link are much further away. Cambodian trains used to run from Battambang, Cambodia's second-largest city, across the border to Aranyaprathet station before the service was terminated by the civil war in 1974. Cambodia has already restarted its weekly train service from Phnom Penh to Poipet, six kilometres from the Thai border at Ban Klong Luk. "The Thai-Cambodian trains are seen as a symbol of closer relations between the two countries," the analyst said.

Source: Bangkok Post June 30, 2019 08:56 UTC