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Monday, 13 April 2015
Groningen Central Railway Station, Netherlands.
Groningen is the main railway station in the city of Groningen. Locally,
the station is also called Hoofdstation (Main Station). The station building
which stands today was opened on 1 June 1866 and is on the Harlingen –
Nieuweschans railway. The station has nine platforms and behind the station is
a stabling point for many trains. From Groningen you can directly travel to
places in Netherlands and in Germany.
River Kwai Bridge on the Death Railway , Kanchanaburi, Thailand
The most famous portion of the
death railway is Bridge 277, "the bridge on the River Kwai", which
was built over a stretch of river which was then known as part of the Mae Kong.
The greater part of the Thai part of the
route followed the valley of the Khwae Noi River (Khwae: branch or tributary; Noi: small; Khwae
is frequently mispronounced by non-Thai speakers as "Kwai", the Thai
word for water buffalo). This gave rise to the name "River Kwai" in
English. In 1960, because of the discrepancy between fact and fiction, the part
of the Mae Klong which passes under the famous bridge was renamed as the Khwae
Yai(English "big tributary").
Internationally famous, thanks the several motion pictures and
books, the black iron bridge was brought from Java by the Japanese supervision
by Allied prisoner-of-war labour as part of the Death Railway linking Thailand
with Burma. Still in use today, the bridge was the target of frequent Allied
bombing raids during World War II and was rebuild after war ended. The curved
spans of the bridge are the original sections. A daily train is still following
the historical route from Kanchanaburi to Nam Tok Railway Station.
Amsterdam Central Station & Tram Line No 4, Netherlands.
The Amsterdam Central Train Station (Amsterdam CS) opened in 1889 and is
located in the heart of the city. Amsterdam Centraal station offers
train connections to many domestic and international cities. This centrally located train station gives you access to city trams, Travelling by tram in Amsterdam
is a convenient and fun way to get around. 10 of the 15 tram lines operate from Amsterdam Central
Station (CS). There are 2 tram stop areas just outside central station - one
on the east side (for services going south and east, labelled A) and one
on the west side (for services going south and west, labelled B). Tram Line No 4 is on the East Route between Amsterdam Station and Station RAI
Labels:
= Railway Stations,
= Trams,
Netherlands
Steam Loco 824 on the Death Railway, Thailand.
The Burma Railway,
also known as the Death Railway,
the Burma–Siam Railway, the Thailand–Burma Railway and similar
names, was a 415 kilometres (258 mi) railway between Ban Pong, Thailand,
and Thanbyuzayat, Burma, built by the Japanese in 1943 in 1943, to support its
forces in Burma during World War II.
This railway completed the railroad link between Bangkok and Rangoon (now
Yangon). The line was closed in 1947, but the section between Nong Pla Duk and
Nam Tok was reopened ten years later in 1957.
Locomotive number 824 was built by
Nippon Sharyo Japan in 1949 and is a 4-6-2 type and is used for a tourist
train.
Labels:
= Rail Bridges,
= Steam Trains,
Thailand
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