The future for rail in southeast Asia

Significant investment has been made in rail in many southeast Asian countries since the 1990s. Malaysia has seen major investment in both mainline and urban rail systems, but this may not continue. Malayan Railway (KTM) was the first in the region to be electrified at 25kV ac and the Kuala Lumpur network has been extended to Ipoh. Three separate rail networks in Kuala Lumpur have been taken into government ownership. Plans for monorails in Putra Jaya, Penang and Johor Bahru have been put on hold. In Thailand, State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is investing in track doubling and track rehabilitation. SRT is planning to introduce an electrified suburban network in Bangkok. Two new metros (Skytrain and Blue Line) have been introduced in Bangkok. Singapore has introduced its first driverless metro and the new Circle Line is progressing. The Philippines implemented the first light rail transit line in the region (the Taft Avenue system, Line 1) and schemes have been implemented for rail improvement. There are plans for extensions to Line 1 and Line 3 and the first phase of Northrail has been scheduled. There are plans for track doubling, resignalling and line speed improvements in Indonesia and for a Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit System. A Jakarta monorail system has also been proposed.

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• Authors:
  • POWELL, J B
• Publication Date: 2005-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15-7
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Investments; Monorail transportation; Planning; Policy; Public transit; Railroad tracks; Railroad transportation; Signals; Suburbs; Subways; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase
• Geographic Terms: Asia; Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand
• ITRD Terms: 8005: Asia; 255: Economics; 9032: Increase; 8046: Indonesia; 227: Investment; 8066: Malaysia; 1180: Monorail; 8088: Philippines; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1062: Railway track; 6967: Signal; 8101: Singapore; 304: Suburbs; 8113: Thailand; 1191: Underground railway; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01027101
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Jul 5 2006 12:21PM