Sarawak Railway Line
The Sarawak Railway Line is a proposed project by the Malaysian government to establishing a railway network in the state of Sarawak.[1][2] In 2008, it was reported the project will be ready in 2015 but still no signs of development by the government until present.[3]
History
Together with its neighbour of
Japanese
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The line was finally closed in 1947; the tracks were sold for scrap in Singapore in 1959. During operation, the passenger coaches were acquired from
Burma while the goods wagons were bought second-hand from FMSR. To date, Sarawak, as Malaysia's largest state by area, has no rail transport.[4] In the modern days, the Malaysian government is planning to revive the Sarawak railway system back beside upgrading the rail network in Sabah.[1]
Expansion proposal and connection of Borneo railway systems
Once if the project is complete, there is also a proposal to connecting the rail networks of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia with the provinces of Kalimantan in Indonesia that will be called as "Trans-Borneo Railway",[5] as Indonesia were currently developing the railway network on their side.[6][7]
See also
- Kuching LRT
References
- ^ a b "Sabah and Sarawak Network Development Planning". Ministry of Transport, Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Study on the Sarawak Railway Network Development". SMEC Holdings. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Sarawak's rapid railway ready by 2015". Bernama. The Brunei Times. 14 October 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Sarawak Government Railway". Asian Railways. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ "Work on trans-Borneo rail line begins in November". New Straits Times. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Fauzan Al-Rasyid (20 November 2015). "Pembangunan Rel Kereta Api di Kalimantan Resmi Dimulai" (in Indonesian). RBTH Indonesia. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
- ^ Angga Aliya ZRF (19 May 2017). "Peta Rel Kereta Kalimantan Rencana Jokowi" (in Indonesian). DetikFinance. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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