trains in cambodia

[paperboy]

Hi has anyone got any news on how they are doing with the train set up
for cambodia
Ive read that they hope they will have pasenger line open this year
http://www.tollroyalrailway.com/
this is the company that is investing into it
if it happens it would be great
and they said that 1 day the train from BKK to SR would be running too
first time since 1946
but has anybody got any more news on how they are doing

[andrewcraig]

have not heard of trains. we were told to fly into phnompenh from singapore, there is extra charge on flights through siem reap so makes make it expensive.
we went to sr by taxi and 5 hours got boring. more so coming back same way

[paulosussex]

Hi,
There was a plan to upgrade the tracks and start running trains again within Cambodia but the consortium doing it have halted work temporarily. In any case, the first line to be reinstated would be the Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville line and would be mostly freight. The only other current line in Cambodia is the Phnom Penh to Battambong line which is years away from running trains.
There are currently no plans to run track to the border or to Siem Reap.
Flying is the easiest way of getting to Cambodia, and the price is coming down as flights increase. BKK-REP flights used to be the monopoly of Bangkok Airways and were expensive, however Cambodia Angkor Air now fly that route for about half the cost and from Bangkok Don Muaeng Air Asia fly to REP for even less. There is now also a 'direct' bus from Mo Chit which leaves at 9:00 and arrives in Siem Reap roughly around 16:00 and costs $25.
Air Asia also have cheap flights to both PNH and REP from KL.
Cheers