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The best and worst interchanges of the KL metro
Standing-room only on the Laos-China Railway, new airport plan in NW Bali, revived railways (again) in the Philippines, and more construction and transport news in Southeast Asia.
Greetings from Johor Bahru. I was last here in 2018, and it was a city that was gentrifying the old town while building apartments for people who live in Singapore. I called it the Shenzhentrification of Johor Bahru. I will have some articles about JB coming up.
This week I went from Penang to KL before arriving in JB. While I was in KL I had a look at a few more metro stations. I was going to write an annual metro report, but I ended up writing about interchanges instead.
KL is building out an impressive urban rail transit network, but a lot of mistakes have been made along the way. I visited some of the worst interchanges in Southeast Asia, and also one of the best.
[in KL via the train from Butterworth (Penang).]
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🇰🇭 Cambodia
• Construction down post-Covid
🇮🇩 Indonesia
• Indonesia persuades Japan to join developing smart city system for IKN Nusantara
[Updated: Nusantara - New Capital City of Indonesia]
• Plans for new airport in NW Bali opposed
[Updated: North Bali International Airport]
🇱🇦 Laos
• Laos-China Railway proposes standing tickets
• Khamsavath Station in Vientiane Capital ready to operate soon
🇲🇾 Malaysia
• Penang announces Bayan Lepas LRT pre-qualification stage [NSTTV]
[Updated: Bayan Lepas LRT]
• Only new, non-priority projects to be put off under austerity measures, says minister
• China-built East Coast Rail Link project continues in Malaysia
[Updated: East Coast Rail Link]
🇲🇲 Myanmar
• Myanmar building projects worth $1.3bn frozen since army took power
🇵🇭 Philippines
• Marcos, Jr. admin to continue Mindanao Railway, Davao's High Priority Bus System
[Updated: Mindanao Railway]
• ‘Full speed ahead,’ Marcos seeks revival of Panay railways
[Updated: Panay Railway]
• PBBM wants to revive Cebu railway, vows to implement BRT
• Manila to Legazpi City in 4.5 hours? The PNR Bicol could make it reality
🇸🇬 Singapore
• Johor Sultan visits RTS construction site in Woodlands
• Jurong boy to super realtor: how Aric Lim sells million-dollar homes to Chinese buyers
🇹🇭 Thailand
• MRTA says Orange Line bid to resume
• BMTA gets nod to seek loans despite mounting debt
• Chiang Mai’s 1-month pledge to clear dead power cables
🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
• NTT, Timor-Leste discuss free-trade zone in Timor Island
🇻🇳 Vietnam
• In Vietnam, large-scale infrastructure projects confronted by sky-high building material prices
• Three operation control centres for Long Thanh Airport get green light
[Updated: Long Thanh International Airport]