A good holiday is never complete without sampling some of the local public transport. I visited George Town in the state of Penang in north-west Malaysia earlier this year. It doesn’t have any railways (yet) so the workhorse of public transport in the city and on the island is buses. Public buses on the island…

Exploring abandoned things is always fun. One of the most niche and interesting ones that I’ve come across is the former monorail system in Melaka (or Malacca) in Malaysia. We have our fair share of abandoned monorails here in Australia. Sydney stopped using theirs in 2013. This left two monorail systems on the Gold Coast…

Malaysia is one of many countries rapidly expanding its rail network. One of its recent flagship projects is a new high-speed train service running along the west coast. This is called the Electric Train Service (ETS) run by the national rail operator, Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM). It runs an impressive 755 kilometres from Padang Besar…