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 Sabah, Sarawak was once having a railway network although it is only limited to the Kuching area which was built by the Brooke government and managed to be used by the Japanese in World War II during the occupation of British Borneo. Near the end of the war, the railway lines was however dismantled.[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]
References
- 1 2 "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.
