Southeast Asia urban rail transit report - 2025

Phnom Penh studies metro system, Bali metro stalls, Penang starts LRT construction, 3 lines under construction in Manila, Cebu subway, Pattaya monorail plan, HCMC opens first metro line, and 2 other unusual metro plans for Vietnam

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James Clark
November 18, 2025

Welcome to the urban rail transit report for Southeast Asia for 2025. This report covers urban rail transit systems that are planned or under construction in Southeast Asia.

🇰🇭 Cambodia

Phnom Penh

A preliminary study for a metro in Phnom Penh was announced in March. The study includes a light rail, automated guide transit, bus rapid transit and tramways.

The new Phnom Penh Airport (Techo International Airport) opened in September 2025, and despite all of the talk of building an airport rail link while the airport was being built, there is no sign of the rail link.

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