Royal Railway Station (Phnom Penh)
| Phnom Penh Royal Railway Station | |
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 Phnom Penh Railway Station in 2004 |
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| Station statistics | |
| Address | Phnom Penh, Cambodia. |
| Coordinates | 11°34′20″N 104°54′53″E / 11.57222°N 104.91472°E |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Parking | Available |
| Other information | |
| Opened | 1932 |
| Rebuilt | 2010 (Renovation) |
Phnom Penh Royal Railway Station, is a major railway station in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is located next University of Health Science and the National University of Management and the Canadian embassy.
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[edit] Construction
The station was built in 1932 from reinforced concrete[1] to service the railway to Battambang.
[edit] History
On September 28-September 30, 1960, twenty-one leaders of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP) held a secret congress at the station.[2][3] The meeting resulted in the party being renamed as the Workers Party of Kampuchea (WPK). In Democratic Kampuchea, this pivotal meeting would later be projected as the founding date of the party.[4] The first important meeting of the Khmer Rouge leadership including Pol Pot was held at the railway station in April 1975, following the fall of Phnom Penh at which the decision to evacuate the cities was taken.[5][6]
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- Osborne, Milton E. (2008). Phnom Penh: a cultural and literary history. Signal Books. ISBN 978-1904955405.
[edit] References
- ^ "INFORMATION FOR VISITORS". National Museum of Cambodia. http://www.cambodiamuseum.info/en_information_visitors/streetscapes.html. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ Osborne, p. 124
- ^ Chronologie du Cambodge de 1960 à 1990
- ^ Chandler, David P., Revising the Past in Democratic Kampuchea: When Was the Birthday of the Party?: Notes and Comments, in Pacific Affairs, Vol. 56, No. 2 (Summer, 1983), pp. 288-300.
- ^ Osborne, p. 149
- ^ Sheridan, Michael (2004-10-24). "War: Pol Pot by Philip Short". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article496377.ece. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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Coordinates: 11°34′20″N 104°54′56″E / 11.57222°N 104.91556°E
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