Live footage of the Bamboo Train Battambang
23.09.2020
In 2013 i was in Cambodia as part of my bigger Central and SEA tour for just over a year.
In Battambang I took what is fondly referred to as "The Bamboo Train", their proper name is a Norry or Nori and can get upto speeds of 50kmh. It certainly felt like it!!
Norries have low fares, and are frequent and relatively fast, so they are popular despite their rudimentary design, lack of brakes, the state of the rails (often broken or warped) and the lack of any formal operating system. Its simple construction and light weight means that a norry can be easily removed from the track – if two meet on the line, the one with the lighter load is removed from the rails and carried round the other. At the end of the line the vehicle is lifted and turned.
Posted by TheJohnsons 23:48 Archived in Cambodia Tagged taxi nature landscape travel vacation train cambodia tracks green tree province jungle hand way beautiful countryside rural old transport transportation track plant tourist forest railway attraction asian asia lorry bamboo tourism rail railroad vintage outdoor construction landmark vehicle engine outdoors mat cambodian driver trolley battambang handmade axis nori norry
