Sunken train station on infamous WWII ‘Death Railway’ resurfaces from Thailand reservoir
Researchers are racing to document the exposed depot before maintenance ends and seasonal rains reflood the reservoir, officials said.
- Maintenance at Vajiralongkorn Dam recently drained the reservoir, revealing Nithe Station for the first time in more than 40 years. The site was a major depot on the 415-kilometer Death Railway connecting Siam and Burma during World War II.
- During World War II, the Empire of Japan forced around 60,000 Allied POWs and hundreds of thousands of Asian laborers to construct the railway route, where more than 12,500 POWs and 75,000 laborers died, inspiring the nickname 'The Death Railway'.
- Independent Australian researcher Martyn Fryer flew from Perth to survey the site, while Andrew Snow of the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre said "it is a good opportunity for us to do some surveying" before August when Southeast Asia's rainy season may reflood the area.
- Channarong Noimala motorbiked 350 kilometers from Bangkok to see the exposed station after viewing videos online, while local resident Kitti Laokham said hundreds of Thai visitors have traveled to see the "rare incident," with his posts racking up 32 million social media views.
- The railway remains culturally prominent through the classic 1957 film 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' and the 2025 miniseries 'The Narrow Road to the Deep North' starring Jacob Elordi, while the Hellfire Pass Interpretive Centre preserves the history of this brutal World War II route.
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Sunken train station on infamous WWII 'Death Railway' resurfaces from Thailand reservoir
A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades.
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Infamous WWII-era ‘Death Railway’ station resurfaces after decades underwater
Infamous WWII-era 'Death Railway' station resurfaces after decades underwater Remnants of Nithe Station have resurfaced from beneath a reservoir as water levels dipped. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and Asian laborers died while building the railway for the occupying Japanese forces in Southeast Asia. The railway was featured in the classic 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai." Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: …
Sunken train station on infamous WWII 'Death Railway' resurfaces from reservoir
By Anton L. Delgado, AP, and published by Yahoo!News KANCHANABURI: A depot on World War II’s infamous “Death Railway” has resurfaced from beneath a reservoir where the site has remained underwater for decades, prompting researchers to race to western Thailand to survey the remnants of Nithe Station. Thousands of Allied prisoners of war and […] The post Sunken train station on infamous WWII ‘Death Railway’ resurfaces from reservoir appeared first…
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