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Airport rail links to Long Thanh International Airport

Airport rail links to Long Thanh International Airport

There are different plans to connect Ho Chi Minh City to its new airport by rail, but not a single line has begun construction months before the airport is expected to open.

James Clark
James Clark
RailwaysRailways
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Could the Philippines build a Pan-Philippine High-Speed Railway?

Could the Philippines build a Pan-Philippine High-Speed Railway?

Is it possible to build a high-speed railway from Manila to Davao, and should the Philippines build such a railway?

James Clark
James Clark
VietnamVietnam
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What Vietnam can learn from other high-speed rail projects

What Vietnam can learn from other high-speed rail projects

Vietnam has an ambitious plan to build a high-speed railway. Here is what Vietnam can learn from the Laos-China Railway, the Bangkok-Nong Khai High-Speed Railway, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, and the Mumbai–Ahmedabad HSR.

James Clark
James Clark
VietnamVietnam
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Technology contenders for the Vietnam high-speed railway

Technology contenders for the Vietnam high-speed railway

A list of countries that have offered to share high-speed railway technology with Vietnam.

James Clark
James Clark
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Southeast Asia Railways Report (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
James Clark
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Southeast Asia Railways Report – 2023 edition

Southeast Asia Railways Report – 2023 edition

Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway opens, first section of the Sulawesi Railway inaugurated, Khamsavath Railway Station in Vientiane opens, ECRL has passed the halfway mark, KL-Singapore HSR project revival, Trans-Borneo Railway, Vietnam North-South Express railway proposed to begin construction by 2030.

James Clark
James Clark
ThailandThailand
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The case for a train to Koh Samui

The case for a train to Koh Samui

A combined road/rail bridge could put an end to Samui Airport's stranglehold on the island.

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

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
James Clark
VietnamVietnam
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The stagnation of Vietnam's railways
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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
James Clark
ThailandThailand
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How the Bangkok 3-airport high-speed railway will change travel in Thailand
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How the Bangkok 3-airport high-speed railway will change travel in Thailand

Blue skies in Jakarta and Manila, and a new opera house for Ho Chi Minh City.

James Clark
James Clark
VietnamVietnam
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Danang to Yangon by train
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Danang to Yangon by train

The East–West Economic Corridor Railway from Myanmar to Vietnam, street mosaics in Hanoi.

James Clark
James Clark