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Southeast Asia Railways Report (2025)
Brunei's Trans-Borneo Railway connections, Indonesia plans high-speed rail to Surabaya, Vientiane to Vietnam and Pakse by train, Malaysia's East Coast Rail Link on track, more delays for Thailand's high-speed projects though regional lines progressing, Vietnam's ambitious rail plans but still no new lines under construction


Hat Yai construction and transport report – 2025 edition
Turning Hat Yai into a great southern metropolis, apartment living comes to Hat Yai city, the tallest building in Southern Thailand, the Hat Yai Monorail plan, Hat Yai-Songkhla Railway revival, and double-tracking the railway to the border.


Chiang Mai construction and transport report – 2025 edition
The big Night Bazaar redevelopment, turning the old women’s prison into a park, an unusual abandoned mall waiting for a developer, a modern apartment tower in a potential future hotspot, the light rail plan, the two airports plan, and waterway rehabilitation.




Chiang Mai Metro System – Reviewing the routes of the 3 proposed transit lines
Chiang Mai is planning to build a 3-line urban rail transit system that will be the first provincial subway in Thailand. I visited the locations of every station of the proposed first line, and I reviewed the routes of the other lines. I also propose to turn one line into a circle line.


East Timor planes and dreams of trains
[News 10 Sep 2025] New Phnom Penh airport opens, Indonesia and China discuss sea wall and high-speed rail, land for South Korea tourism project in Vientiane, Malaysia mulls railway link to encircle Borneo, Singapore reclaims land below mean sea level, Nong Khai–Vientiane rail bridge, HCMC-Tay Ninh Railway.
