Classic route
Royal Railway Southern Line
Phnom Penh → Sihanoukville · Cambodia
Royal Railway Southern Line in pictures
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- Distance
- 264 km
- Fastest time
- 5 h 40 min
- Average speed
- 47 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Operator
- Royal Railway
- Train
- Refurbished railcar sets
- Countries
- Cambodia
- In service since
- 1969
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Weekend trains on Cambodia’s 1960s line to the sea, revived in 2016: through Takeo and Kampot’s pepper country to Sihanoukville’s beaches.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 17033173 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Royal Railway Southern Line?
The Royal Railway Southern Line runs 264 km from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville.
How long does the Royal Railway Southern Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 5 h 40 min for the 264 km. That is an average of 47 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 60 km/h.
Who runs the Royal Railway Southern Line?
Royal Railway, with refurbished railcar sets.
How old is the Royal Railway Southern Line?
The line has been in service since 1969. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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