Konkoita

Konkoita (Japanese: コンコイタ, originally from Karen; approximated in Thai as Kaeng Khoi Tha แก่งคอยท่า[1] or เกริงกวยทะ RTGS: Kroeng Kuai Tha[2]) is a former prisoner of war camp in the Sangkhla Buri District of the Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.

In 1939, plans had been developed by the Empire of Japan to construct a rail road connecting Thailand with Burma.

A copper spike was driven at the meeting point by commanding General Eiguma Ishida,[9] and a memorial plaque was revealed.

The money was used to compensate neighbouring countries and colonies for material stolen by Japan during the construction of the railway.

[13] On 1 February 1947, two people including Momluang Kri Dechatiwong [th], the Minister of Transport, were killed on an inspection tour 500 metres before Konkoita station.

[8] A hospital built in 1963 in Sangklaburi was rebuilt in Huay Malai where it served two refugee camps along the Myanmar border in the 2010s.

C56 31 was the first train to run the Burma Railway
A flooded temple in the reservoir