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News #238: Giant Sea Wall of Jakarta, Vientiane’s BRT on track for mid-2025 completion, Gemas-JB rail line almost completed, construction of western section of Bangkok Orange Line to start next year
A review of the two metro lines of Hanoi, including the separate ticketing systems, lack of planning for future interchanges, and an overview of what lines are planned next for construction.
News #237: Second Bali airport, KL Sentral redevelopment, Marina Bay Sands expansion, Thailand plans 6 new airports, Vietnam plans 2 railways linking to China
News #236: Kampot cable car, proposed railway to the northern tip of Borneo, Bangkok congestion charge to subsidise urban railways, $7.2 billion railway connecting Vietnam and China.
Trans-Borneo high-speed railway, a year of high-speed rail in Java, the unlikely city with two international railway stations, Thailand's mixed-gauge expansion continues, and Vietnam's ambitious North-South high-speed railway plan.
News #235: Jakarta LRT, Trans-Borneo Railway project, Bangkok Orange Line update, railway for Long Thanh International Airport
News #234: Vietnam high-speed railway map, Penang LRT construction from December, Philippines aviation hub In Asia, Singapore replacing horse racing with homes.
Travel plans for Q4 2024, the HCMC Metro, cool neighbourhoods as a measure of urban development, the case of the 90-storey tower proposal in Ho Chi Minh City.
News #233: Jakarta LRT Phase 1B test, airport expansions in Malaysian Borneo, artificial islands in the Gulf of Thailand, Chiang Mai subway proposal
News #232:: Rise and fall of Sihanoukville, glorified buses and flying taxis for Bali, cheaper rail fares = more passengers in Bangkok, Vietnam North-South high-speed railway project highly necessary.
News #231: Jakarta MRT East-West Line, how Malaysia’s Melaka Gateway fell short, Manila Airport redevelopment, nationalising Bangkok's urban railways.
News #231: Bali's $20 billion subway project, Changi Airport T5 construction to start in 2025, land reclamation project in the Gulf of Thailand, bridge collapse in northern Vietnam.
