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Kuantan Skytrain

November 29, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Kuantan Skytrain is a proposed urban rail transit system in Kuantan in Pahang State, Malaysia. The proposal includes three rail lines with a total distance of 54.5 km: Line 1: Menara Kuantan 188 to KOTASA (approx 12.5 km). Line 2: Menara Kuantan 188 to Teluk Cempedak (approx 10 km). Line 3: KOTASA to the […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: kuantan, malaysia, metro, pahang

Improving the interchanges and connections of the KL metro transit system

July 26, 2022 By James Clark 1 Comment

Kuala Lumpur has slowly and steadily been building out an urban rail transit system that it hopes will reduce the city’s car addiction. Mistakes were made early on with integrating the lines, but there have been some great improvements in recent years. In fact, KL has examples of the best and worst ways to make […]

Filed Under: Editorial, Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: kuala lumpur, malaysia, metro

Bangkok Urban Rail Transit Update – 2021 Edition

December 27, 2021 By James Clark 2 Comments

The urban rail transit system of Bangkok is going through its biggest expansion since the BTS opened in 1999. Two commuter rail lines opened this year, two monorail lines are scheduled to open next year, and another new MRT line in 2023. This is an annual summary of lines under construction, news for established lines, […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, bangkok mass transit, metro, monorail, thailand

Comparison of cost and construction times of first metro lines in Asia

November 6, 2021 By James Clark 7 Comments

The first metro lines of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have now been completed, and like most first lines of a metro system, they were delayed and over budget. Line 2A of the Hanoi Metro was originally planned to be operational by 2016, while the first metro line in Ho Chi Minh City had […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, hanoi, ho chi minh city, metro, singapore, thailand, vietnam

Brunei Metro – A proposed LRT/MRT for Bandar Seri Begawan

June 21, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Brunei Metro is a proposed LRT or MRT transport system that has been considered for Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. There have been official announcements over the years, but there nothing is seriously planned as yet. Brunei is a microstate with a population of just over 400,000 people, so there are barely enough people to […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bandar seri begawan, brunei, metro

Da Nang Metro: Proposed rail transit network for Da Nang and Hoi An

March 9, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Da Nang Metro is a proposed rail transit system for the city of Da Nang in Central Vietnam. There have been various proposals over the years that include underground and elevated metro rail, trams, light rail, and BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) systems. The network would also extend to Hoi An to the south in […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: da nang, hoi an, metro, quang nam, vietnam

Bangkok Gold Line: The people mover connecting the BTS to Icon Siam

January 4, 2021 By Greg Jorgensen 1 Comment

After many years of waiting, Bangkok’s brand new Gold Line finally opened on December 16 2020, the newest addition to the city’s expanding family of electric train lines. By most estimations, Bangkok will boast around 450km of them by 2025 (subject to the shifting whims of Thai politics). Not bad for a city that, until […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bangkok, bangkok mass transit, gold line, metro, thailand

Ho Chi Minh City Metro 2020 construction update

August 12, 2020 By James Clark 2 Comments

Ho Chi Minh City is in the process of building its first metro line in a planned 9-line urban rail transit system of metro, light rail, and monorails. As part of the Future Southeast Asia annual construction report series, this article refers to developments over the past year. Here is the 2020 construction update for […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: 2020 construction updates, ho chi minh city, ho chi minh city metro, metro, vietnam

Hanoi Metro 2020 construction update

July 14, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

There are two lines under construction on the Hanoi Metro, and when completed they will be the first urban transit railway in Vietnam. Both lines were due to be open by now, but there have been years of delays that have kept the lines from opening. It’s been a frustrating wait for Hanoians (and regular […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: 2020 construction updates, hanoi, hanoi metro, metro, vietnam

Chiang Mai Mass Transit

February 24, 2020 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Greater Chiang Mai has a population close to one million people, making it the second biggest urban area in Thailand after Bangkok. With a growing urban area beyond the core of Mueang Chiang Mai District, there have been numerous plans over the years to build some form of mass transit system. What form of rail […]

Filed Under: Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: chiang mai, metro, thailand

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