Cambodia railway transportation was fully restored in 2019. Cambodia railway has 612Km consisting two destinations one from Phnom Penh to Battambong province another way from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville crossing by Kampot and Kep too.
There was a long time ago that railway wasn’t operating well, then a civil war now everyone has their own vehicles and it became not really popular for people anymore. The railway had been reduced from daily to weekly, the line between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville have been opened in April 2016 after been suspended for 14 years.
In 2017 was my first experience on train from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville was so excited to me, it was taken 7-8 hours to reach the destination at the time, then later they have been much faster only 5-6 hours.
I had many times riding train in Thailand and other countries in Asean, but in my own Cambodia for the first time, the seat was so hard and had no VIP seats. The train was leaving from the railway station in Phnom Penh, I sat front of the window and looked outside seeing the views and talking to the train service guys, he briefed me about the story of railway before the restored.
The road was bumpy and the train kept going slowly because the railway just restored and not fully operation yet, it was not a bad experience anyways, I was enjoying talking to the people on the train and seeing scenery along the way.
It gonna be my first and last riding thought, the seats is really hard it breaks my butt till they upgrade one because it was a long trip. Hopefully to see the railway has its great renovation in soon, thus, the railway can provide the more services to many local and international travelers.
