Death Railway Museum and Research Centre
The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre is a museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. It is privately funded and run by Rod Beattie, an Australian who is an expert in the history of the Thailand–Burma Railway.Photo: Gasson nz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kanchanaburi railway station and Death Railway viaduct.
Kanchanaburi railway station
Railway station
Photo: シャムネコ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kanchanaburi railway station is a main railway station of province of Kanchanaburi located in Ban Tai Subdistrict, Kanchanaburi City, Thailand. It is a class 1 railway station located 117.046 km from Thon Buri railway station, and 77 km away from the Nam Tok railway station, the terminal station. Kanchanaburi railway station is situated 230 metres northeast of Death Railway Museum and Research Centre.
Death Railway viaduct
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Death Railway viaduct is situated 2½ km west of Death Railway Museum and Research Centre.
The JEATH War Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The JEATH War Museum are two war museums in Kanchanaburi, Thailand 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. The JEATH War Museum is situated 2 km south of Death Railway Museum and Research Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanchanaburi.
Kanchanaburi
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kanchanaburi is a town municipality in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. The town of lies to the southeast of Erawan National Park within Kanchanaburi Province, approximately 120km west of Bangkok.
Death Railway Museum and Research Centre
- Categories: railway museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ban Nuea, Mueang Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.03233° or 14° 1′ 56″ northLongitude
99.52479° or 99° 31′ 29″ eastLevels
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way 242566465OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata 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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