The Burma Railway, also known as the Siam–Burma Railway, Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, or as the Death Railway, is a 415 km railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma. It was built from 1940 to 1943 by Southeast Asian civilians abducted and forced to work by the Japanese and a smaller group of captured Allied soldiers, to supp…
The Burma Railway, also known as the Siam–Burma Railway, Thai–Burma Railway and similar names, or as the Death Railway, is a 415 km railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma. It was built from 1940 to 1943 by Southeast Asian civilians abducted and forced to work by the Japanese and a smaller group of captured Allied soldiers, to supply troops and weapons in the Burma campaign of World War II. It completed the rail link between Bangkok, Thailand, and Rangoon, Burma. The name used by the Imperial Japanese Government was Tai–Men Rensetsu Tetsudō, which means Thailand-Burma-Link-Railway.
Opened: 25 October 1943
Other name(s): Death Railway · Nam Tok Line · Siam–Burma Railway · Thai–Burma Railway
Locale: Ban Pong, Thailand to Thanbyuzayat, Burma
Termini: Nong Pladuk Junction · Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi
Former connections: Nam Tok Sai Yok Noi–Thanbyuzayat
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