Phnom Penh PostA ferry service is set to open on Friday that will take passengers along the Tonle Sap and Tonle Bassac rivers, making three stops in Phnom Penh and one in Kandal province’s Takhmao City, according to a spokesman at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT).
Transport Minister Sun Chanthol is scheduled to preside over the opening ceremony held at one of the four stops, near the capital’s night market in Daun Penh district. The other three stops are in Russey Keo to the north, and Chaktomuk and Takhmao City to the south.
The ferry service will temporarily be free for passengers, but will eventually transition to a paid system, Sorya said, adding he could not provide details on the schedule, price, or passenger capacity of the ferry service.
The Phnom Penh Autonomous Port is set to operate the service using three vessels during the initial launch period. The company’s CEO Hei Bavy could not be reached yesterday.
The MPWT said in a Facebook post in January that it planned to eventually open 15 terminals along the river.
The ferry service is the latest launch of a new public transportation option in the country. A new rail line in Banteay Meanchey province connecting Poipet to Serei Saophoan opened on Wednesday, and a rail service from Phnom Penh International Airport to the train station on Monivong Boulevard is scheduled to open before Khmer New Year.
Both of those services will also be free during their initial launch period
Phnom Penh Ferry Service Opens Today
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Phnom Penh Ferry Service Opens Today
There will be an opening ceremony today, and four proposed routes, running from Russey Keo to the night market all the way down to TakhMao.
Anyone know the operating times of the new ferries? In particular, the time of the last ferry back from Tak Mao to Phnom Penh in the evening?
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slavedog wrote:Anyone know the operating times of the new ferries? In particular, the time of the last ferry back from Tak Mao to Phnom Penh in the evening?
The times are listed here (but may be extended)
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ ... water-taxi
last ferry back was 530pm. One thing to note when we caught it (although it may have been the novelty of using it and that it was Khmer New Year). we got our tickets at 1030am from the night market for the 11am ferry, however when it arrived nobody was getting off so we had to catch the 11:30am. It only took 30 mins, although the 4 hour wait for the return ferry was a slog with everything closed.
We go the tickets on arrival for the return and had no issues getting a seat.
Thank you Tombraider. Hopefully things have settled down and it is now running in typical Cambodian clockwork like fashion.
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slavedog wrote:Thank you Tombraider. Hopefully things have settled down and it is now running in typical Cambodian clockwork like fashion.
Yes it will be interesting to see how it works with the proposed 16 other stops opening up. They'll need more boats or a more frequent schedule, but it was a pleasant and fast ride out.
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I think that it is a great service having used it a number of times.
I very much look forward to its extension.
In addition to which, I personally like Ta Khmau.
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I very much look forward to its extension.
In addition to which, I personally like Ta Khmau.
OML
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