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See interactive map of Bangkok-Kanchanaburi-River Kwai railway, zoom in to see detail. The Bridge on the River Kwai is just beyond River Kwae Bridge station towards Thamkrasae; The Wampo (Wang Po) Viaduct is between Thamkrasae Bridge & Wang Po.
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The River Kwai ( / kwaɪ / ), more correctly Khwae Noi ( Thai: แควน้อย, pronounced [kʰwɛ̄ː nɔ́ːj], 'small tributary') or Khwae Sai Yok ( แควไทรโยค, pronounced [kʰwɛ̄ː sāj jôːk] ), is a river in western Thailand. It rises to the east of the Salween in the north–south spine of the Bilauktaung range ...
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel and the film's screenplay are almost entirely fictional, but use the construction of the Burma Railway, in 1942–1943, as their historical setting.
The Bridge over the River Kwai (French: Le Pont de la rivière Kwaï) is a novel by the French novelist Pierre Boulle, published in French in 1952 and English translation by Xan Fielding in 1954.
- Pierre Boulle
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Dec 14, 2019 · Huddled between the mist haloed Tenasserim Hills on the wiggling River Kwai, Kanchanaburi is a taste of rural Thailand that comes with a hefty side dish of history. The town is best known as the setting for the 1957 Oscar-winner The Bridge on the River Kwai, which tells the story of the arduous construction of the Burma Railway.
Kanchanaburi, in Myanmar border, is home to the famous Bridge River Kwai. During WW II, Japan constructed the meter-gauge railway line from Ban Pong, Thailand to Thanbyuzayat, Burma. The line passing through the scenic Three Pagodas Pass runs for 250 miles.
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Jul 13, 2021 · The Bridge on the River Kwai escaped planned bombing, and remains in place in Kanchanaburi as a tourist attraction and functioning railway bridge over which trains pass daily. The majority of its smaller components are originals, while a few are post-war replacements.
