The North Eastern Sabah Railway Line (Malay: Laluan Keretapi Utara Timur Sabah) is a proposed railway line from the city of Kota Kinabalu that will connecting Kudat, Sandakan and Tawau as part of the Sabah State Railway line extension plan.[1][2] The plan was supported by the Malaysian federal government represented by Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai on 17 September 2015.[3] On 21 March 2017, the study to establish the line to Kudat has started, with around RM1 million has been allocated.[4][5]
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 in Indonesia that will be called as "Trans-Borneo Railway",[6] as Indonesia were currently developing the railway network on their side.[7][8]
