The first hurdle was finding a taxi driver who had even heard of Bangkok's Thonburi station, let alone one who knew where it was. This small station is miles from the main Bangkok station and a far as I can see, it only serves the line to Kanchanburi and Nam Tok. The journey was on 3rd class coaches, at a cost of 100 baht (£2) for foreigners, and free for Thai locals. It was billed as taking 2.5 hours but in the end it arrived at Kanchanaburi over four hours after departure, due to having to wait for several trains going in the opposite direction on the mainly single track line. Just as well I was not in any hurry.
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