Bye bye trains

The reason I went from Banteay Chhmar to Battambang is because I wanted to take the train from Battambang to Phnom Penh.
I had taken the train from Phnom Penh to Pursat before, and I wanted to see the whole track this time. No luck, however. It turns out there are no longer passenger trains running between Battambang and Phnom Penh, or anywhere else in Cambodia for that matter.
The railroads in Cambodia are to be upgraded soon though (several companies have agreements with the government) and a new Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh City railway is being studied.