Currently, the rail network of Indochina is not the best as an innovation, but it works very well as a flow of passengers and functionality. Thailand is linked far and wide by a network rail diesel. There are three different classes of trains. Malaysia is also connected throughout its length. Indonesia is linked in its breadth, from Surabaya to Jakarta.

Vietnam and Cambodia have structures similar to those of Thailand, although slightly lower. Cannot compete with the countries of East Asia, where we find the main railway super fast. If you happen to want to go from Canton to Wuhan,or (coming soon) from Shanghai to Beijing, you have nothing else to do but sit on comfortable seats and speeding over 350 km / h. Same speech in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, where for two years has opened the new line Kaohsiung-Taipei.

Thailand

Official website Thailand Railway:

http://www.railway.co.th/English/FareRate.asp

Cambodia

Cities served by rail

* Poipet - on border with Thailand, currently served by Thai rail only.

* Sisophon - district capital

* Battambang - provincial capital

* Moung Ruessei - district capital

* Pursat- provincial capital

* Phnom Pehn - national capital - port on Mekong River

* Takeo - provincial capital

* Sihanoukville - port and provincial capital

Vietnam

Official website Vietnam Railway:

http://www.vr.com.vn/English/hientaihoatdong.html

Laos

There is one short section of railway in Laos.

In January 2007 work began on a 3.5 km extension of the metre-gauge State Railway of Thailand network across the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge

to a passenger and freight terminal inside Laos. Test trains began running on July 4 2008,

and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand formally inaugurated the line on March 5 2009.

Surveys are underway to continue to the line a further 12 km to Vientiane.

Laos does not have any links to other neighbouring countries by rail, although a link to Vietnam's Ha Tinh Province has been proposed.

All neighbouring countries share the same 1,000 mm gauge, including lines in China as far as Yunnan.

A short portage railway once also existed on the Mekong river.

Myanmar

Cities served by rail

* Yangon (Rangoon) - old capital and port

* Pathein (Bassein) - railhead in the west

* Pyay (Prome) - railhead in the northwest - on the Ayeyarwady River

* Bago (Pegu) - junctions

* Thaton - east

* Thazi - north line - junctions

* Pyinmana - north line - junction

* Toungoo - north line

* Bago - north line - junctions

* Mawlamyine (Moulmein) - southeast - new 3223m Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine) over the Thanlwin River (Salween) to Mottama (Martaban).

* Ye - railhead in the southeast - on the Tanintharyi (Tenasserim) coast

* Dawei (Tavoy) - railhead extended from Ye - 1998 - 102 km (63 mi)

* Pyinmana - junction - north

* Meiktila

* Mandalay

* Sagaing

* Shwebo

* Katha

* Hopin

* Myitkyina

* Lashio

* Aungban - Loikaw

* Monywa - railhead in the west

* Taungdwingyi

* Chauk

* Taunggyi

Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed railway

There are a total of 2000 km of rail tracks, of which, 207 km are electrified.

For informaqtion see wikipedia links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Malaysia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keretapi_Tanah_Melayu

Indonesia

Most railways in Indonesia are on Java, which has two major rail lines that run the length of the island, as well as several minor lines.

Passenger and freight service runs on all of the lines. There is also commuter rail service in the Jakarta metropolitan area, known as

KRL Jabotabek and Surabaya and the vicinities. In 2008, the government under PT Kereta Api and Angkasa Pura planned to built the

airport railway from Soekarno-Hatta Airport to Manggarai (Jakarta). A monorail mass transit system is under construction in Jakarta.

The only other areas in Indonesia having railroads are three separate regions of Sumatra, one in the north around Medan, second in the

West Sumatra from Pariaman to Padang and the other in the southern trip, from Lubuk Linggau (South Sumatra) to Bandar Lampung.

Philippines

For informaqtion see wikipedia links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_Republic_Transit_System

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_the_Philippines

History High Speed Train and Trip Information.

China

The Shanghai Maglev Train, a version of the Transrapid can travel at 430 km / h with a peak of 501 km / h, is used to connect the

Shanghai Pu Dong International Airport from March 2004, albeit with little luck shopping.

China is considering building a whole network with maglev technology that connects Shanghai to Beijing, although the high cost makes

the project impractical. It plans to build a second Transrapid between Shanghai and Hangzhou, in 2010.

It is operational from 25 July 2008, the non-high-speed Maglev connecting Beijing and Tianjin, which has the line at a cruising speed

of about 350 km \ h.

On 24 December 2009 was inaugurated at the average speed is 350 km / h from Canton in the south, in Wuhan, in the center of the country.

Canton-Wuhan 1.069 km, speed: 350 km/h

Shanghai-Pudong int. airport, speed 350 km/h

Tianjin-Bejiing, speed 350 km/h

Zhengzhou-Xi'an, speed 350 km/h

New Lines Coming Soon:

Bejiing- Shanghai

Shengyang-Tianjin

South Korea

South Korea's KTX line is separated from the conventional network, and was opened in April 2004. Derives directly from the French TGV,

and how it is produced by Alstom. The trip from Seoul to Daejon has been reduced from 2 hours to just 47 minutes.

In December 2005 because of disputes with the French, the South Korean government proposed the creation of a new national trains,

known as the G-7: faster than the TGV, is expected to reach 350 km / h and will be equipped with adjustable seats under the direction

of travel of the train.

Line: Seoul-Pusan

Japan

In 1964, after the construction of the Tokaido Shinkansen (from Tokyo to Osaka), given the success was inaugurated a new route,

the Sanyo Shinkansen. In 1970 he decided to build an entire network at high speed, on which work began in 1973 for the immediate

construction of 5 new lines than to build another 12 in a second step, for a total of about $ 18 billion in 1973. The oil crisis and recession

in Japan led to the cancellation of some lines, while the construction of the other was delayed to 1982.

Some Japanese lines nineties do not have all the features of high-speed lines is mixed, less expensive, which also serve for some ordinary

Japanese narrow gauge lines, but that by limiting the speed of express trains.

For the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan opened the Hokuriku Shinkansen (from Tokyo to Nagano). The section between Tokyo and

Shin-Osaka, the first open, thanks to the continuous evolution has reduced the travel time from 4 hours in 1964 to 2 ½ hours.

A Japanese consortium of Central Japan Railway Company is developing a magnetic levitation system. Tests of the JR-Maglev MLX01

on the Yamanashi Test Line have reached speeds of 581 km / h, making it the fastest train in the world. These means are intended

for guideline Tokyo-Osaka, called Chuo Shinkansen.

A new generation of Fastech 360 with a speed of 405 km / h operating speeds of 360 km / h is under development and will open in 2011.

Line from to Long provider

Tōkaidō Shinkansen Tokyo Shin-Osaka 515,4 km JR Central

Sanyō Shinkansen Shin-Osaka Hakata 553,7 km JR West

Tōhoku Shinkansen Tokyo Hachinohe 593,1 km JR East

Jōetsu Shinkansen Ōmiya Niigata 269,5 km

Hokuriku Shinkansen o Nagano Shinkansen Takasaki Nagano 117,4 km

Kyūshū Shinkansen Shin-Yatsushiro Kagoshima-Chūō 126,8 km JR Kyūshū

Mini Shinkansen

Line from to Long provider

Yamagata Shinkansen Fukushima Shinjō 148,6 km JR East

Akita Shinkansen Morioka Akita 134,9 km

costruction

Line from to long provider

Hokkaidō Shinkansen Shin-Aomori Sapporo 360,2 km JR Hokkaidō

Chūō Shinkansen (JR Maglev) Da definire Da definire Da definire JR Central

Taiwan

The Taiwan High Speed Rail is under construction and will be completed in October 2006. It is about 345 km from Taipei to Kaohsiung.

It is designed to accommodate a modified version of the Japanese Shinkansen 700 Series produced by Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Upon completion of the journey between Taipei and Kaohsiung will be only 90 minutes against the 4-6 hours of today.

All trains stop in Taipei, Taichung and Banciao, the other stops are served by different types of trains.

* Train numbered 1xx: From Taipei to Zuoying, stops at Banciao, Taichung

* Train numbered 2xx: From Taipei to Zuoying, stops at Banciao, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan

* Train numbered 3xx: From Taipei to Zuoying, stops at Banciao, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung

* Train numbered 4xx: From Taipei to Zuoying, stops at all stations, local service.

* Train numbered 5xx: From Taipei to Taichung, stops at all stations, local service.

Standards and business coaches are carried on each train, with seats, headphones, audio entertainment and electrical outlets to connect devices.

The service starts at 6:00 and ends 24:00