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Future Southeast Asia News [15 Oct 2025]
Southeast Asia Railways Report, Indonesia looks to settle high-speed rail debt while extending to Surabaya, KL’s emerging Green Connector Network, Thailand plans Songkhla and Koh Lanta bridges, Hanoi breaks ground on metro line passing through Old Quarter


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.
