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At present, Southeast Asia’s urban transport network spans over 651.2 km covering 557 stations/stops. Of this, metro rail accounts for 29 per cent, light-rail transit (LRT) accounts for 22.2 per cent, BRT systems account for about 34.1 per cent, monorail systems account for only about 1.6 per cent and airport rail links (ARL) account for 13.1 per cent. The following table provides an overview of the existing mass rapid transit (MRT), LRT and BRT systems in the region.
Table: Existing urban transport network in Southeast Asia
System |
Lines |
Length (km) |
No. of stations |
Bangkok |
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Skytrain |
Sukhumvit Line |
16.8 |
23 |
Silom Line |
8.5 |
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MRT subway |
- |
21.0 |
18 |
Suvarnabhumi Airport Rail Link (SARL) |
- |
28.0 |
8 |
BRT |
- |
15.9 |
12 |
Kuala Lumpur |
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LRT |
Ampang Line |
27 (17.6 km at-grade and 9.4 km elevated) |
25 |
Kelana Jaya Line |
29 (24.6 km elevated and 4.4 km underground) |
24 |
|
Monorail |
- |
8.6 |
11 |
KLIA Transit, KLIA Ekspres (airport rail link) |
- |
57.0 |
5 |
Manila |
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LRT |
Yellow Line |
20.7 |
22 |
Purple Line |
13.8 |
11 |
|
MRT |
Blue Line (Metrostar Express) |
16.95 |
13 |
Singapore |
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MRT |
North-South Line |
44.0 |
25 |
East-West Line |
49.2 |
32 |
|
Circle Line |
33.3 |
16 |
|
North-East Line |
20.0 |
17 |
|
Downtown Line section |
4.3 |
6 |
|
LRT |
Bukit-Panjang |
7.8 |
14 |
Sengkang |
10.7 |
14 |
|
Punggol |
10.3 |
14 |
|
Monorail |
Sentosa express |
2.1 |
4 |
Jakarta |
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TransJakarta BRT |
12 corridors |
206.2 |
243 |
Total |
- |
651.15 |
557 |
Note: BRT: bus rapid transit; LRT: light-rail transit; MRT: mass rapid transit
Source: Global Mass Transit Research