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The process of building the station was hampered by the rainy season. "A considerable advance was thus taken during the first year and, in 1931, the Company concentrated all her effort on the one hand on the Phnom Penh train station, including embankments, buildings and facilities, which are of an exceptional importance, and secondly on ballast supplies.
In 1955 Australia donated rolling stock, described as "railway wagons of various types", worth at the time AUS£441,000 and "needed for new rail links." [5] Assistance from France, West Germany, and the United Kingdom between 1960 and 1969 supported the construction of the second line, which runs from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville on the southern coast to cut down the reliance on Saigon Port of ...
The station was built and completed in 1930 during the French colonial era as part of the section between Phnom Penh and Poipet. In 1941, the line was built linking to Thailand, but five years later, it was removed after the World War II ends [4] and it was rebuilt in 1953, upon Cambodia's request and opened it on 22 April 1955, though it was closed again in 1961 due to strained Cambodia ...
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Battambang Royal Railway Station, 2009. The station building is well preserved and was repainted after taking the track out. The clock above the entrance stands still at 8:02 o'clock since an unknown day. As of January 2018 the rail tracks are being replaced. Beyond them, there are ruined remains of warehouses, signal boxes and rolling stock.
Two rail lines exist, both originating in Phnom Penh and totaling about 612 kilometers of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge single track. The first line or the northern line, built by The French colonial government, running from Phnom Penh to Poipet on the Thai border, between 1930 and 1940, with Phnom Penh Railway Station opening in 1932.