A combined road/rail bridge could put an end to Samui Airport’s stranglehold on the island. Numerous new railway proposals in Thailand have been made over the years. Some of them are now being built (such as the railway to Chiang Rai), while some of them are too radical to be true (such as this Hanoi – Luang […]
Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal (Bang Sue Grand Station)
Bang Sue Grand Station (officially known as Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal) is the new central railway station of Bangkok. The station will be the terminus for all current long-distance rail services and future high-speed railways, and through-trains for the SRT commuter lines and 3-airport HSR line. It is also connected to the mass transit […]
Shwe Kokko New City: A casino city in Myanmar on the Thailand border
Shwe Kokko New City is a planned new urban area and casino city in Myanmar. The development is at the township of Shwe Kokko (also transliterated as Swe Koke Ko) on the Moei River, which forms the Myanmar-Thailand border. Shwe Kokko is about 25km by road north of Myawaddy, in the Myawaddy District of Kayin […]
Pattaya Station Redevelopment: High-speed railway and mixed-use project
Pattaya Station and the surrounding area will be redeveloped as part of the High-Speed Rail Linking Three Airports Project. Pattaya Station is on the Ban Phlu Ta Luang Main Line of the Eastern Line. The Ban Phlu Ta Luang Main Line is a metre-gauge railway operated with diesel locomotives, while the high-speed railway will be […]
Sangley Point International Airport
Sangley Point Airport (or Cavite Airport) is an airport at Sangley Point, Cavite City in the Philippines. Cavite is a province south of Metropolitan Manila, and the airport is currently used for domestic flights. The airport is set to be developed into an international airport. Its proximity to the National Capital Region area will make […]
Adaptive reuse in Southeast Asia
Adaptive reuse is when an existing building is reused for a purpose other than which it was originally built for. A typical example is an old warehouse that is turned into an art centre. Adaptive reuse is often associated with urban regeneration projects, where a redundant historic building becomes the centrepiece of the revitalised area. […]
Koh Chang Bridge: the proposed bridge to connect the island to mainland Trat
The Koh Chang Bridge is a proposed bridge connecting the island of Koh Chang to the mainland in Trat province, Thailand. The proposal is for a 10-km sea bridge from Laem Ngob sub-district on the mainland to Ban Dan Kao on the island. Koh Chang is currently served by a car ferry that takes 30 […]
Current and proposed railways in Cambodia
Cambodia currently operates two railway lines from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville and Poipet. The lines are single-track metre-gauge railways using diesel locomotives. The services are among the slowest in Southeast Asia, but if the government goes ahead with its modernisation plan it may be among the fastest. There are plans to upgrade the two current […]
Bataan–Cavite Interlink Bridge
The Bataan–Cavite Interlink Bridge is a proposed bridge that will connect the provinces of Bataan and Cavite via Manila Bay. The bridge (also known as the Manila Bay Bridge) will be a four-lane bridge and 32.15 kilometres in length, and it would be the longest bridge in Southeast Asia. The bridge alignment is from Timalan […]
List of urban rail systems in Southeast Asia
This is a list of current urban rail systems in Southeast Asia. This table will be updated when new lines or extensions are added. Updates are posted in the weekly newsletter. Also read the Southeast Asia urban rail transit report for 2023. Urban rail systems of Southeast Asia Notes about the table A full list […]
