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Nov 09, 2025

Is Indonesia planning a Java-Bali high-speed railway?

There is a proposal to extend the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway to Banyuwangi in East Java. Could this form part of a Java-Bali high-speed railway?

James Clark

RailwaysRailways

Oct 13, 2025

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

James Clark

RailwaysRailways

Oct 16, 2024

Southeast Asia Railways Report (2024)

Trans-Borneo high-speed railway, a year of high-speed rail in Java, the unlikely city with two international railway stations, Thailand's mixed-gauge expansion continues, and Vietnam's ambitious North-South high-speed railway plan.

James Clark

ThailandThailand

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Feb 21, 2023

Thoughts on Thai trains while waiting for the Chiang Mai-Bangkok airlift

The Bangkok-Chiang Mai air route flourishes while there is no plan for the slow Northern Line train.

James Clark

VietnamVietnam

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Oct 03, 2022

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The stagnation of Vietnam's railways

The perpetually proposed North-South Express Railway, reduced and suspended services in the north, and the relocation of Hanoi station to outside the city centre.

James Clark

ThailandThailand

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