# Sarawak Railway Line > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sarawak_Railway_Line > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sarawak_Railway_Line.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarawak_Railway_Line > Source revision: 1357048742 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Proposed railway in Malaysia The **Sarawak Railway Line** is a proposed project by the [Malaysian government](/source/Government_of_Malaysia) to establishing a railway network in the state of [Sarawak](/source/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](/source/Sabah), Sarawak once had a small railway line, about 10 miles (16 km) long serving [the region of Kuching](/source/Kuching_Division), providing cargo and passenger services. It was opened in August 1915 and was ordered closed in 1931 due to financial losses, amidst the [Great Depression](/source/Great_Depression). In the following years it was used occasionally to haul stone from the quarry at the 10th mile of the line, and during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) it was taken over by the [Japanese](/source/Japanese_Empire). The line was finally closed in 1947; the tracks were sold for scrap in Singapore in 1959. During operation, the passenger coaches were acquired from [Burma](/source/Myanmar_Railways) while the goods wagons were bought second-hand from [FMSR](/source/Keretapi_Tanah_Melayu). To date, Sarawak, as Malaysia's largest state by area, has no rail transport.[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](/source/Kalimantan) in [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) that will be called as [Trans-Borneo Railway](/source/Trans-Borneo_Railway),[5] as Indonesia were currently developing the railway network on their side.[6][7] ## See also - [Kuching Urban Transportation System](/source/Kuching_Urban_Transportation_System) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-rail_network_development_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-rail_network_development_1-1) ["Sabah and Sarawak Network Development Planning"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160314045725/http://www.mot.gov.my/en/lands/rail-transport/sabah-sarawak-network-development-planning). Ministry of Transport, Malaysia. Archived from [the original](http://www.mot.gov.my/en/lands/rail-transport/sabah-sarawak-network-development-planning) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Study on the Sarawak Railway Network Development"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160314110156/http://www.smec.com/Default.aspx?aProjId=831). [SMEC Holdings](/source/SMEC_Holdings). Archived from [the original](http://www.smec.com/Default.aspx?aProjId=831) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sarawak's rapid railway ready by 2015"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160314044228/http://www.bt.com.bn/asia_news/2008/10/14/sarawaks_rapid_railway_ready_by_2015). *[Bernama](/source/Bernama)*. [The Brunei Times](/source/The_Brunei_Times). 14 October 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.bt.com.bn/asia_news/2008/10/14/sarawaks_rapid_railway_ready_by_2015) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sarawak Government Railway"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160314045219/http://searail.malayanrailways.com/Sarawak/Sarawak.htm). Asian Railways. Archived from [the original](http://searail.malayanrailways.com/Sarawak/Sarawak.htm) on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Work on trans-Borneo rail line begins in November"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=20000415&id=2lNIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bBQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6628,4594625&hl=en). [New Straits Times](/source/New_Straits_Times). 15 April 2000. Retrieved 14 March 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Fauzan Al-Rasyid (20 November 2015). ["Pembangunan Rel Kereta Api di Kalimantan Resmi Dimulai"](http://indonesia.rbth.com/news/2015/11/20/pembangunan-rel-kereta-api-di-kalimantan-resmi-dimulai_542793) (in Indonesian). RBTH Indonesia. Retrieved 14 March 2016.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: url-status ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_url-status)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Angga Aliya ZRF (19 May 2017). ["Peta Rel Kereta Kalimantan Rencana Jokowi"](https://m.detik.com/finance/berita-ekonomi-bisnis/3505987/peta-rel-kereta-kalimantan-rencana-jokowi) (in Indonesian). DetikFinance. 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