Singapore-Bangkok
(3 days/2 nights)
Alternatively:
Bangkok-Singapore

Thursday - Singapore
The Eastern & Oriental Express departs Singapore’s Keppel Road station in the morning. Having been welcomed onboard the gleaming carriages, settle into your compartment. Enjoy the passing scenery as the train crosses to Malaysia via the causeway of the Straits of Johor.  Lunch is served in one of the opulent dining cars. Dress for dinner and then spend a relaxing evening in the Bar Car in the company of our resident pianist.  During the evening, the E&O pauses at Kuala Lumpur’s magnificent Moorish-style station where you may disembark for a stroll.  Retire to your compartment which has been transformed into a cosy bedroom.

Friday - Penang
Breakfast is taken in your compartment before arriving in Butterworth. Here coaches take you across to colonial Georgetown, capital of Penang, on the local ferry. Enjoy a guided introductory tour with pre-World War II mosques, elaborately-roofed temples, churches, bazaars and colourful shophouses. Reboard the waiting coaches for the short ferry ride back to Butterworth and the Eastern & Oriental Express for lunch.  As the train crosses into Thailand spend the afternoon watching the changing scenery from the open deck of the Observation Car or relax in the comfort of the Saloon Car. Dinner is served in the sumptuous dining car. 

Saturday - River Kwai & Bangkok
After breakfast E&O arrives at the River Kwai Bridge station where the train stops to allow you to disembark. Guides escort you on the short walk down to the jetty to board a local craft for a cruise along the lush greenery of the picturesque Kwai Yai river, passing under the Bridge.  On board, a local historian provides a brief overview of the history of the Thailand-Burma railway and the bridge.  At the E&O landing point board a motor coach for a brief trip past the North Temple and Chinese Cemetery to the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre.  As you explore the informative museum, the historian is available to answer questions.  There is time to visit the Don Rak War Cemetery adjacent to the museum if you wish. 

Rejoin the coach for the transfer to Kanchanaburi railway station from where your E&O journey continues with lunch.  Arrive into Bangkok in the afternoon.