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Southeast Asia Railways News (July 2025)
Whoosh high-speed rail hits 10-million passenger mark, Laos-China Railway tickets can now be bought 7 days in advance, China pushes for Muse-Mandalay-Kyaukphyu railway, PNR set to revive Bicol-Quezon trips, JB-Woodlands train to end in 2027, Thai Cabinet to approve ‘3 Airports High-Speed Rail’ contract, 5 firms eye Vietnam’s North-South bullet train project
James Clark
July 05, 2025
Welcome to the July 2025 edition of the Southeast Asia Railways Newsletter. This is a summary of the latest rail news in Southeast Asia.
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
• Whoosh high-speed rail hits 10-million passenger mark [Antara News]
"The Whoosh high-speed train has surpassed its 10-million passenger milestone, according to its operator PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC)."
"Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, known as Whoosh, set a new milestone on Thursday by carrying 25,794 passengers in a single day, its highest daily ridership since operations began in October 2023."
• Govt says private investors eye Whoosh extension to Surabaya (archive) [The Jakarta Post]
• RI pursues target of having 10,000 km of railway tracks by 2030, only this much remaining [Future Southeast Asia]
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