All aboard the cafe train to nowhere

Ticket to ‘ride’: People passing the time in the train carriage that was converted into a cafe at the railway station in Phnom Penh. — AFP

Train travel has largely ground to a halt due to the coronavirus, but railway fans can still get their fix aboard a stationary carriage converted into a hipster cafe.

The country has more than 600km of track extending from its northern border with Thailand to the southern coast, but decades of war and neglect have left vast stretches damaged and coronavirus has shut many remaining services.