Poipet ប៉ោយប៉ែត | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Poipet railway station in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 5, Krong Poi Pet Banteay Meanchey Province Cambodia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°39′26″N 102°33′22″E / 13.6573°N 102.5561°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Royal Railways of Cambodia[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Phnom Penh–Poipet Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Poipet railway station is a railway station in Poipet, Banteay Meanchey Province, Cambodia located 850 meters from the border of Thailand.[3] It is the railway terminus of the Phnom Penh–Poipet Line and also connects to the State Railway of Thailand via Eastern Line.
History
[edit]The Phnom Penh-Poipet railway linking to Thailand and the station was built in 1942. However 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–Thailand relations.[4] The cross-border link between Aranyaprathet and Poipet was reopened in April 2019,[5] and temporarily suspended between 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Royal Railways (Cambodia)
- ^ "Royal Railway (Cambodia) // រ៉ូយ៉ាល់ រេលវេ // Chemins de Fer du Royaume du Cambodge". railtravelstation.com. RailTravelStation. 3 April 2018.
- ^ Cambodian Trains. "Poipet Train Station".
- ^ a b History of Thai railway (in Thai)
- ^ Cambodia and Thailand reconnected by rail after 45 years; The Straits Times, 22 April 2019
- ^ "Border checkpoints with Cambodia in Sa Kaeo to close". Bangkok Post. 22 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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