Death Railway Museum and Research Centre

The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre is a museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi, . It is privately funded and run by Rod Beattie, an Australian who is an expert in the history of the Thailand–Burma Railway.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Email: admin@tbrc.com
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum and research center in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
  • Also known as: “Thailand-Burma Railway Centre”, “Thailand–Burma Railway Centre”, “Thailand–Burma Railway Museum”, and “The Thailand-Burma Railway Centre”
  • Address: 73 ถนนเจ้าขนเณร, Kanchanaburi, 71000

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kanchanaburi railway station and Death Railway viaduct.

Railway station
Photo: シャムネコ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a main railway station of province of Kanchanaburi located in Ban Tai Subdistrict, Kanchanaburi City, . It is a class 1 railway station located 117.046 km from , and 77 km away from the , the terminal station. is situated 230 metres northeast of Death Railway Museum and Research Centre.

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is situated 2½ km west of Death Railway Museum and Research Centre.

Museum
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are two war museums in , about the Death Railway, which was built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese as part of the Thai-Burma railways. is situated 2 km south of Death Railway Museum and Research Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanchanaburi.

Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town municipality in Province, . The town of lies to the southeast of within Province, approximately 120km west of Bangkok.

Death Railway Museum and Research Centre

Latitude
14.03233° or 14° 1′ 56″ north
Longitude
99.52479° or 99° 31′ 29″ east
Levels
2
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
7M6X2GJF+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 242566465
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7709272
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Thai—“Death Railway Museum and Research Centre” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “死亡鐵路博物館和研究中心”
  • Chinese: “泰緬鐵路博物館”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Kolei Tajsko-Birmańskiej w Kanchanaburi”
  • Thai: “พิพิธภัณฑ์ทางรถไฟไทย-พม่า”

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