It is all clear on the Thai side, though. The new Bangkok–Ban Klong Luk train service will operate twice daily in each direction effective from July, 1. Ban Klong Luk train station sits on the border with Cambodia in Sa Kaeo province in Thailand.
An agreement on joint operations of a train service after a 45-year hiatus between Cambodia and Thailand was signed earlier in April this year. While the Thai side did already have fully operational railway line running up to the birder, Cambodia completed revamp of the country's northern railway line last August. So technically there is no obstacle for trains to operate between Phnom Penh and Poipet. Several trial rides were performed but till now there is no scheduled train service between the capital and the border with only freight train plying the route occasionally.
Undoubtedly both passenger and cargo traffic will benefit from the new cross-border train service. Yet there remain certain challenges the major of which is a low speed of trains on Cambodian side.
Launch Date of Cross-Border Cambodia-Thailand Train Service Unknown
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The earlier announced Cambodia-Thailand train service will not start on July, 1 as the talks with concession-granted company Royal Railway on the service on the Cambodian side are still underway.