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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

+3+3

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

+1+1

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

+2+2

Apr 28, 2020

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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

VietnamVietnam

+1+1

Apr 21, 2020

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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