List of urban rail systems in Southeast Asia

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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

CityCountryLineTypeLengthStationsOpened
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩Tanjung Priok LineCommuter Rail15.4 km45/12/2011
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩Cikarang Loop LineCommuter Rail44 km255/12/2011
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩Bogor LineCommuter Rail54.8 km275/12/2011
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩Rangkasbitung LineCommuter Rail72.8 km175/12/2011
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩Tangerang LineCommuter Rail19.3 km115/12/2011
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩Soekarno-Hatta LineAirport Rail Link54.3 km531/12/2017
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩North-South LineRapid Transit15.7 km1324/03/2019
Jakarta
Indonesia 🇮🇩S LineLight Metro5.8 km601/12/2019
MedanIndonesia 🇮🇩Kualanamu Airport Rail LinkAirport Rail Link40 km325/07/2013
PadangIndonesia 🇮🇩Minangkabau ExpressAirport Rail Link23 km421/05/2018
PalembangIndonesia 🇮🇩Palembang LRTAirport Rail Link23.4 km1301/08/2018
SurakartaIndonesia 🇮🇩Adisumarmo Airport Rail LinkAirport Rail Link13.5 km529/12/2019
YogyakartaIndonesia 🇮🇩Yogyakarta International Airport Rail LinkAirport Rail Link45 km317/09/2021
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾Seremban LineCommuter Rail135 km2814/08/1995
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾Port Klang LineCommuter Rail126 km3414/08/1995
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾Kelana Jaya LineLight Rapid Transit46.4 km3701/09/1998
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾Ampang LineLight Rapid Transit15 km1816/12/1996
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾Sri Petaling LineLight Rapid Transit37.6 km2916/12/1996
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾KLIA TransitCommuter Rail57 km614/04/2002
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾KL MonorailMonorail8.6 km1131/08/2003
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾Kajang LineMass Rapid Transit47 km2916/12/2016
Kuala LumpurMalaysia 🇲🇾Putrajaya LineMass Rapid Transit57.7 km3616/06/2022
YangonMyanmar 🇲🇲Yangon Circular RailwayCommuter Rail45.9 km391954
Manila NCRPhilippines 🇵🇭PNR Metro Commuter LineCommuter Rail75.7 km3606/04/1970
Manila NCRPhilippines 🇵🇭Line 1Light Rapid Transit19.65 km2001/12/1984
Manila NCRPhilippines 🇵🇭MRT Line 3Light Rapid Transit16.9 km1315/12/1999
Manila NCRPhilippines 🇵🇭Line 2Rapid Transit17.6 km1305/04/2003
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬North South LineMass Rapid Transit45 km2707/11/1987
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬East West LineMass Rapid Transit57.2 km3512/12/1987
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬Bukit Panjang LRT LineLight Rail Transit7.6 km1306/11/1999
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬Sengkang LRT LinePeople Mover10.7 km1418/01/2003
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬North East LineMass Rapid Transit19.2 km1620/06/2003
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬Punggol LRT Line
People Mover10.3 km1429/01/2005
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬Circle LineMass Rapid Transit35.5 km3028/05/2009
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬Downtown LineMass Rapid Transit41.9 km3422/12/2013
SingaporeSingapore 🇸🇬Thomson–East Coast LineMass Rapid Transit30.4 km2031/01/2020
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭Sukhumvit LineRapid Transit53.58 km4705/12/1999
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭Silom LineRapid Transit14.67 km1405/12/1999
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭MRT Blue LineRapid Transit48 km3803/07/2004
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭Airport Rail LinkAirport Rail Link28.4 km823/08/2010
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭MRT Purple LineRapid Transit23 km1606/08/2016
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭Gold LinePeople Mover1.72 km316/12/2020
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭SRT Dark Red LineCommuter Rail26 km1002/08/2021
BangkokThailand 🇹🇭SRT Light Red LineCommuter Rail15.26 km402/08/2021
HanoiVietnam 🇻🇳Line 2ARapid Transit13.1 km126/11/2021

Notes about the table

A full list of current and proposed lines can be found on the urban rail transit index page.

Indonesia
KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line between Yogyakarta and Surakarta is not listed.

Commuter rail in Surabaya is not included in this list. The services are infrequent and can also be classified as a regional railway.

Sri Lelawangsa commuter rail in Medan not included.

Malaysia
The LRT Ampang Line (15 km) and the LRT Sri Petaling Line (37.6 km) share the same track between Sentul Timur station and Chan Sow Lin station. The combined length of the two lines is 45.1 km, so this number should be used when calculating the total line length of the network.

KLIA Transit and KLIA Ekspres are services that operate on the same line to KUL. Rather than listing the 2 services, the KLIA Transit (a commuter railway) is shown as an airport rail link (which it technically is).

KTM Komuter Northern Sector has two services:
1 Butterworth–Padang Rengas
2 Butterworth–Padang Besar

I’m not sure if it’s classified as commuter rail or regional, even though it is called a commuter rail.

Philippines
The urban railways of Metro Manila highlight the complexity of classifying railway types. Light Rail Transit Line 2 is classified as rapid transit or heavy rail, and Metro Rail Transit Line 3 is classified as light rail transit. Rather than going down the rabbit hole of trying to reclassify rail types, I have gone with what they are called on their Wikipedia page.

Upcoming edits

This table will be updated when lines are extended, added, or closed. Upcoming updates for 2023 include:

Yellow Line Bangkok (new)
Pink Line Bangkok (new)
Line 3 Hanoi (new)
Line 1 Ho Chi Minh City (new)

Suspensions/closures
Skypark Link service suspended from Feb 15 2023.
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia 🇲🇾 | Skypark Link | Airport Rail Link |24.5 km | 3 | 01/05/2018

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