They would spend three and a half years of hard labour building the Burma Railway, which became known as the "death railway" due to the loss of life suffered. It will be the first time a new roll ...

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The story is told over multiple time periods, starting from Evans’ childhood to his experience as a prisoner-of-war on the Thailand-Burma Railway as a young man, and later in life, as a respected ...

PETALING JAYA: A new registration exercise begins today for Death Railway survivors and next-of-kin by Persatuan Kebajikan Bekas dan Warisan Buruh Binaan Landasan Keretapi Siam-Burma: 1942-1946.

Seventy-five years ago, in June 1942, the Japanese Occupation Army commissioned the construction of the Thai-Burma Railway that later gained its infamous name, the Death Railway.

The Jaffar Express was packed with 440 people, including women and children, and was on a 1,000-mile journey to the city of Peshawar when it was hijacked by militants. Hostages have been killed ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Portugal’s centre-right government collapsed late on Tuesday as Prime Minister Luís Montenegro lost a ...

By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Karachi, Pakistan Separatist militants hijacked a train carrying more than 400 people in an isolated mountainous area of southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday.

THE Portuguese government plans to invest €1.34bn in rail and public transport in 2024, a 23% increase on the €1.09bn invested in 2023. Of this, €717m will be invested in network expansion, including ...

Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! An original railway crane estimated to be almost 170 years old has been donated and now installed at the Donegal’s Railway Heritage Museum.