Burma Railway
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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 (258 mi) railway between Ban Pong, Thailand, and Thanbyuzayat, Burma. It was built from 1940 to 1943 by South East 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 Japanese Government was Tai–Men Rensetsu Tetsudō (泰緬連接鉄道), which means Thailand-Burma-Link-Railway.
The railroad bridge over the Khwae Yai River in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
Civilian workers during the construction of the railway between June 1942 and October 1943
The British government sold the Thai section of Burma railway to the Thai government for a total of 50 million baht
Abandoned section of Death Railway in Thanbyuzayat, Myanmar (Burma)
Thanbyuzayat
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Thanbyuzayat is a town in the Mon State of south-eastern Myanmar. It is the administrative center for Thanbyuzayat Township. Thanbyuzayat is about 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Mawlamyine (Moulmein) and 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-east of Kyaikkami (Amherst) and Setse beach.
A Japanese labour camp at Thanbyuzayat in WWII
The very first locomotive used on the Death Railway
The start point of Death Railway Line