Royal railway station (Phnom Penh)

Phnom Penh Royal railway station
Phnom Penh railway station Refurbished 2012
General information
LocationPhnom Penh, Cambodia.
Coordinates11°34′21″N 104°55′00″E / 11.5725°N 104.9167°E / 11.5725; 104.9167
Platforms2
Construction
ParkingAvailable
History
Opened1932
Rebuilt2010 (Renovation)
Electrifiedno
Services
Preceding station Royal Railways Following station
Samrong
towards Poipet
Phnom Penh–Poipet Terminus
Railway platform before renovation in 2004
The railway station during a rainy day

Phnom Penh Royal railway station (French: Gare de Phnom Penh) is a railway station in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is located next to the University of Health Sciences and the National University of Management as well as the Canadian embassy. This station was renovated and formally reopened October 22, 2010.

Scheduled passenger train services between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville resumed in May 2016 after having been suspended for 14 years.[1][2] After that, many passenger train service continue to resume. As of May 2021, there is scheduled train service between Phnom Penh to Krong Pursat, Krong Battambang, Krong Sisophon, and Poipet. There will be a passenger train service from Phnom Penh to Bangkok by 2022.[citation needed]

Phnom Penh Airport shuttle train

In April 2018, trains operated by Royal Railway began running express from Phnom Penh International Airport to Phnom Penh railway station. As of 2019, Royal Railway runs 44 trains each day, and 15–16 freight trains to Sihanoukville and Poipet.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Maierbrugger, Arno. "Passenger trains revived in Cambodia after 14-year-hiatus | Investvine". Investvine. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  2. ^ Peter Ford (5 June 2016). "Cambodia revives train service between Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-01-29.