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{{Short description|Proposed railway line in Malaysia}}
The '''North Eastern Sabah Railway Line''' ({{langx|ms|'''Laluan Keretapi Utara Timur Sabah'''}}) is a proposed [[railway line]] from the city of [[Kota Kinabalu]] that would connect [[Kudat]], [[Sandakan]] and [[Tawau]] as part of the [[Sabah State Railway]] line extension plan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=103213|title=Study on railway line from KK to S'kan, Tawau|publisher=Daily Express|date=17 September 2015|accessdate=11 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411141842/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=103213|archivedate=11 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2017/03/20/rail-links-mulled-for-north-east-sabah/|title=Rail links mulled for north, east Sabah|work=Bernama|publisher=The Rakyat Post|date=20 March 2017|accessdate=12 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412011647/http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2017/03/20/rail-links-mulled-for-north-east-sabah/|archivedate=12 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The plan was supported by the Malaysian federal government represented by Transport Minister [[Liow Tiong Lai]] on 17 September 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/09/17/federal-govt-supports-sabah-railway-expansion-plan-liow/|title=Federal Govt supports Sabah railway expansion plan – Liow|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=17 September 2015|accessdate=11 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411143036/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/09/17/federal-govt-supports-sabah-railway-expansion-plan-liow/|archivedate=11 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 21 March 2017, the study to establish the line to Kudat started, with around [[Malaysian ringgit|RM]]1 million being allocated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=116552|title=By rail to Kudat and S'kan|author=Neil Chan|publisher=Daily Express|date=21 March 2017|accessdate=11 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411142506/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=116552|archivedate=11 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/03/21/rm1mil-study-to-establish-new-rail-link-in-sabah/|title=RM1mil study to establish new rail link in Sabah|work=The Star|date=21 March 2017|accessdate=11 April 2017}}</ref>
Until 2021, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister [[Bung Mokhtar Radin]] explained that the proposed line was still in the planning stage with the study to be implemented by the following year, in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2021/12/752945/railway-tracks-between-kota-kinabalu-and-kudat-planning-stage|title=Railway tracks between Kota Kinabalu and Kudat at planning stage|author=Paul Mu|publisher=New Straits Times|date=9 December 2021|accessdate=12 December 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211125415/https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2021/12/752945/railway-tracks-between-kota-kinabalu-and-kudat-planning-stage|archivedate=11 December 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Expansion proposal and connection of Borneo railway systems ==
Once the project is complete, there is also a proposal to connect the rail networks of Sabah and Sarawak in Malaysia with the provinces of [[Kalimantan]] in [[Indonesia]] that will be called the "Trans-Borneo Railway",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=20000415&id=2lNIAAAAIBAJ&pg=6628,4594625&hl=en|title=Work on trans-Borneo rail line begins in November|publisher=New Straits Times|date=15 April 2000|accessdate=29 May 2017}}</ref> as Indonesia is currently developing the railway network on its side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indonesia.rbth.com/news/2015/11/20/pembangunan-rel-kereta-api-di-kalimantan-resmi-dimulai_542793|title=Pembangunan Rel Kereta Api di Kalimantan Resmi Dimulai|author=Fauzan Al-Rasyid|language=Indonesian|publisher=RBTH Indonesia|date=20 November 2015|accessdate=29 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.detik.com/finance/berita-ekonomi-bisnis/3505987/peta-rel-kereta-kalimantan-rencana-jokowi|title=Peta Rel Kereta Kalimantan Rencana Jokowi|author=Angga Aliya ZRF|language=Indonesian|publisher=DetikFinance|date=19 May 2017|accessdate=29 May 2017}}</ref>
== See also ==
* [[Western Sabah Railway Line]]
* [[Rail transport in Malaysia]]
== References ==
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{{Rail transport in Malaysia}}
[[Category:Proposed rail infrastructure in Malaysia]]