Double-Tracking Project

[jpatokal]

Well, I'm glad to see at least Thailand is still going ahead with the double-tracking project, while Malaysia is just back-tracking. 0.5 x

Seriously, the state of railways in SEA is a crying shame. I still haven't gotten around to taking the train from Singapore to KL, because even the "express" trains take 9 hours (!) to cover 300-odd kilometers. Spoiled by life in Japan and Europe I'd personally still want real high-speed trains (Sing-KL in little over an hour!), but for starters I suppose double-tracking and electrifying is needed just to provide reliability and cargo capacity. And while I understand Malaysia's need to curb 6 years of constant deficits, the improvement will have to be done sooner or later...