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Da Lat – Trai Mat Railway – A restored heritage railway in Vietnam

January 28, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Da Lat – Trai Mat Railway is a restored section of the former Da Lat–Thap Cham railway. The original railway connected Da Lat to the main North-South railway of Vietnam. Da Lat became a popular place to escape the tropical heat and enjoy the cool mountain air. Like the hill stations of India, a […]

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Jakarta Airport Rail Link – Train details, and which stations are best for visitors

November 18, 2019 By James Clark 1 Comment

Jakarta is famous for being one of the most congested cities in the world, so the introduction of the airport rail link has been a welcome relief for visitors to the Indonesian capital. The Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link was built with the combination of a new railway connecting to an existing track. As such the […]

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Palembang to Bandar Lampung by train – riding the coal-subsidised railway of South Sumatra

November 7, 2019 By James Clark 7 Comments

Sumatra is the sixth-largest island in the world with a population of over 50 million people, yet there are only a few railway lines on the island. There are plans to unite the current lines to form a trans-Sumatran railway that would travel from Medan to Bandar Lampung. This is a distance of over 1750 […]

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Laos-China Railway – Travel information for the Boten-Vientiane Railway

October 22, 2019 By James Clark 10 Comments

The Laos-China Railway (also referred to as the Boten – Vientiane Railway) opened on 2 December 2021, making it the first passenger railway in Laos. This railway will be connected to trains from Kunming in China, and eventually, there will be direct services from Bangkok. Laos also has a station at Thanaleng near the Thai-Laos […]

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Hanoi Train Street – An infrastructure anomaly that’s become an Instagram sensation

August 19, 2019 By James Clark 5 Comments

One of the more unusual tourist attractions to emerge in Hanoi is the Hanoi train street. This “street” is more of a passageway that has a single railway line passing through it. There are houses on either side with barely enough room for the train to pass through. The railway is not fenced off, so […]

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Hanoi to Haiphong by train

August 14, 2019 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Hanoi to Haiphong by train

The Hanoi-Haiphong railway is one of the few railway lines in Vietnam that is not part of the main north-south railway. Originally this line was part of the Yunnan-Haiphong Railway that was built by France between 1904–1910. Haiphong is the closest seaport to Hanoi so it’s always been an important access point for Hanoi. Haiphong […]

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Jungle Railway in Malaysia – The best train times and most scenic sections

June 6, 2019 By James Clark 38 Comments

The Jungle Railway The Jungle Railway is one of the great train journeys of Southeast Asia, spanning the length of Peninsula Malaysia through its rugged interior. Officially known as the East Coast Railway Line (ECRL), the Jungle Railway travels from Johor Bahru near the Singapore-Malaysia border in the south, to Tumpat near the Thailand border […]

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Hat Yai to Sungai Kolok – Getting the train in the troubled deep south of Thailand

April 25, 2019 By James Clark 2 Comments

As a frequent traveller to Thailand I’m familiar with the troubles of the deep south of Thailand, where many countries have advisories to not travel there. As part of my Southeast Asia railway project I took a train through the southern provinces. This is my trip report and what to expect. What this isn’t is […]

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Bangkok to Trang by train, and onward connections to the Trang Islands

April 22, 2019 By James Clark 1 Comment

Getting the train from Bangkok to Trang in Southern Thailand is a convenient overland way to get to the Trang Islands. Sleeper trains depart Bangkok every evening, arriving in Trang at a reasonable hour in the morning. From the train station, you can then get minivans to the pier for boats to the islands. There […]

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Bang Sue Grand Station construction update – The future central station of Bangkok

March 28, 2019 By James Clark 5 Comments

Bang Sue Grand Station is the future central station of Bangkok, replacing Hua Lamphong as Thailand’s railway hub. If you’ve caught a train to or from Bangkok recently you might have noticed this as you passed through Bang Sue station. Indeed, it’s hard not to miss as it’s the biggest construction site in Thailand. The […]

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