Chiang Mai should build a high-speed railway, Greater HCMC wants a 3rd airport when it can't even build the 2nd, build a railway for Haiphong, and the weird Kedah proposal
Thailand's East-West Railway, Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train testing hits speed of 220km/h, Singapore and air conditioning, and more transport and infrastructure news
Singapore racecourse to be redeveloped, an island resort for Laos, the Bangkok Yellow Line opens (with a missing link), and Vietnam's electricity shortages
The provincial city with a preposterous plan for a 5-line mass transit system, and how the proposed high-speed rail to Chiang Mai could transform its fortunes.
Update from Asia Pacific Rail 2023, Can Gio Tourist City, Penang LRT to be extended, Trans-Borneo Railway, free rides on Bangkok Yellow Line, and more
[News: 24 May 2023] Fix Penang Island instead of making new islands, Jakarta-Bandung high-speed test run, and a proposed sustainability center in an iconic building in HCMC
The supposed green utopia of the Penang South Islands project will do nothing to fix the current urban problems of the island of Penang
[News: 17 May 2023] Transit plans for Batam, Bali, Penang and Lapu-Lapu, Hanoi proposes second international airport
The Bassac Sea-Link plans to connect Phnom Penh to a seaport in Kampot, but a railway would be quicker and a better allocation of resources
[News: 10 May 2023] Air travel in Sumatra, the largest islands in Southeast Asia, Penang LRT gets funding, delays for Bangkok's Pink and Yellow lines, and the Hanoi metro is making money
Sumatra's lack of intraisland flights, connections to Jakarta and Southeast Asia, and how future railways could replace air travel in Sumatra.
[News: 3 May 2023] Rebuilding Cambodia’s gambling Mecca, Last batch of units for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway shipped, Penang South Islands project gets Putrajaya’s final approval
