When we drove the 175 miles to Battambang for the anniversary of the Daughters of Charity, it took six hours on the road. That made me take notice when I saw the headline in the Khmer Times about high-speed trains being successfully tested in Cambodia.
Alas, the article said that successful test will mean the introduction of “high-speed” trains going 18 to 30 MPH on the one line going south from Phnom Penh, and going 30-50 MPH on the northbound line. It’s still faster to drive than to take a high-speed train.