Rail transport in Brunei

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The rail traffic in Brunei played in the development of the Sultanate of Brunei so far only a minor role.

Brooketon colliery narrow-gauge railway

The bill Brooketon late 19th century

The bill Brooketon in County Serasa operate a 2.5 km long narrow gauge railway with the unusual track width of 711 mm (2 feet 4 inches ) from the mining area to the deep water port in Muara . Initially wooden rails were used were transferred to steel rails so that two-axle locomotives of the wheel arrangement 0-4-0 of Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. could be used:

The locomotive with serial number 696, built in 1891, had an internal frame, a wheel diameter of 559 mm (1 ft 10 in), external cylinders with a displacement of 178 × 356 mm (7 in × 14 in) and a height of only 1753 5 feet 9 inches (mm) to drive into the tunnel, which is only 1829 mm (6 feet) high. It was inscribed with the name MARGUERITE REINE on the side of the then customary rectangular nameplates , after Sir Charles Brooke's French wife, Margaret de Windt. The identical Barclay locomotive with the serial number 815 from the year of construction 1897 was called BROOKETON . She was shipped from Glasgow in January 1898 .

This line has since been largely dismantled, but there are still some overgrown track remains and locomotives near the shafts, which were protected under the Antiquities and Treasure Trove Act of Brunei Darussalam . The Brunei Museum Office plans to display them on a museum site to aid Brunei's ecotourism.

Between 1888 and 1924, around 650,000 tons of coal mined in Brooketon were transported, which was very popular when the steamships stopped on the lucrative route from India to China. The colliery and its railway were taken out of service by 1924 at the latest. During the Second World War, the Japanese temporarily mined coal again for local needs.

Seria – Badas narrow-gauge railway

Since the 1930s there has been a 19.3 km long narrow-gauge railway with a 600 mm gauge from Seria to Badas . The route of the railway with wooden rails was built by the British Malayan Petroleum Company (BMP, now Brunei Shell Petroleum) to bring water from the pumping station operated by George William Percival Clark on the Sungai Belait River in Badas to Seria. It was later also used to transport pipeline pipes.

Australian soldiers put the narrow-gauge railway in Seria back into operation on July 12, 1945
Australian soldiers at Badas train station, August 31, 1945
Australian soldiers push a locomotive, 1945

During the Second World War, the employees of the BMP hid the most important parts of the railway from the Japanese, which they therefore could not operate. After the liberation by the 9th Division of the Australian Army , the missing parts miraculously reappeared in July 1945, and the railroad was quickly put back into service to bring two 25-pounder howitzers and their ammunition to Badas for use to harass Japanese troops who were still there.

According to some reports, the railway was still in operation after 1999. The rails of a section that is only accessible from the river are still on site today (2013) and are probably used for wood transport and occasionally by nature lovers as a footpath to observe wild animals, although the distance between the thresholds is actually too great for hiking.

Brunei LNG works railway

In LNG -Port of Brunei LNG (BING) in Lumut (Brunei) , a joint venture of the Government of Brunei (50%), Shell Overseas Trading (25%) and Mitsubishi (25%), operates a broad gauge - works railway with the unusual Track width of 1533 mm (60⅓ inches ).

Bemo Rail from Warmenhuizen in the Netherlands has laid the rails on a pier for the transport of workers and their equipment to a platform four kilometers off the coast, where tankers are filled with natural gas, as the tankers are not closer because of their draft the coast can come. Bemo also supplied two battery-powered rail vehicles from the years of construction 1993 and 1997/98 as well as a non-powered passenger car and some flat cars for tools. The rail vehicles get their energy from batteries and are explosion-proof (including with rustproof stainless steel wheels). They can carry ten passengers each. The original type designation of the vehicle was RCE-15 (Rail Car Electric, 15 kN (1.5 t) pulling force). It is now called BRE-15 (Bemo Rail Electric). The maximum speed is 15 km / h. In 1999 the first powered vehicle was rebuilt identically to the second, with the direct current motor being replaced by an asynchronous motor . Two other explosion-proof, electrically powered railcars and sidecars were delivered by Alan Keef in England.

Trans Borneo Railway (planned)

The 4400 km long Trans Borneo Railway is still at the planning stage. It is expected to connect Sarawak , Brunei , Sabah and Kalimantan at a cost of 33 billion US dollars . This would allow wood and coal as well as other agricultural products and mineral resources from the hinterland of Borneo to be shipped worldwide via the port in Bandar Seri Begawan .

Steel imports for rail and tram tracks have risen from 283 t in 1994 to up to 539 t in 2002, but have since fallen back to a lower value than in 1994 (2003–2015) . On November 10, 2016, the Ministry of Public Arbeit und Verkehr published a tender for the delivery of land surveying equipment for the standard gauge railway project.

Brunei Metro (planned)

The first plans for a metro in Brunei are still very immature. On April 18, 2017, the government of Brunei invited the Malaysian state-owned company Prasarana Malaysia to develop a concept for a metro network. As early as December 2012, the Open Brunei volunteer team published unofficial suggestions for 6 metro lines and 69 metro stations.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rozan Yunos: Before the Oil, it was Coal. The History of Brooketon Coalmine in Muara. Originally published in Brunei Times, April 14, 2007 issue; Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  2. ^ ANM Garry: Industrial Locomotives Overseas - Borneo: Brooketon Colliery. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Brunei Darussalam, a guide. Brunei Shell Group of Companies, 1992/2000. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c Railways in Brunei (Brunei Darussalam). Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  5. ^ A b The Far East and Australasia 2003. 34th Edition, Europa Publications, Taylor & Francis Group. P. 225.
  6. ^ The Europa World Year Book 2004. Volume 1, Europa Publications, Taylor & Francis Group. P. 904.
  7. ^ Trains in Brunei. April 12, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  8. ^ Railway Line in Brunei. October 4, 2008. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  9. ↑ a b Import of en: Seria # Rail .
  10. ↑ 60th anniversary of the oil and gas industry in Negara Brunei Darussalam 1929-1989 Postage stamp from Brunei, 1989. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  11. ^ Richard Davis: Daily Photo - Jungle Railway. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  12. ↑ Brunei: Lower Belait, June 24 (2013). Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  13. ^ Folkert: Wetlands International surveys. March 10, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  14. ^ Industriespoor: Bemo Rail in Warmenhuizen. Published November 24, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
  15. ^ Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways.
  16. ↑ Flame proof battery electric railcar and trailer, Shell / BLNG in Brunei.
  17. ↑ Light Railways - your project & our expertise.
  18. ↑ Installation fo flame proof electric railcar for Shell / BLNG in Brunei.
  19. ^ Brunei Imports by Product Sub-Chapter in US Dollars - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof - Yearly.
  20. ^ Justin Calderon: Asean's southern grouping gets active. Borneo Post, July 7, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  21. ↑ Arno Maierbrugger: Brunei Set To Become A Major Hub Of BIMP-EAGA. Investvine, July 21, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  22. ↑ Brunei: Railways, tram rails, iron or steel, import weight (kg)
  23. ^ Supply of Land Survey Equipment, for Standard Gauge Railway Project, MOWT / SUPLS / 2015-16 / 00120. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
  24. ↑ Daniel Khoo: . Prasarana eyes development of Brunei metro system on April 18, 2017. Retrieved on April 29, 2017.
  25. ^ Team Open Brunei: Brunei-Muara Metro Service: A Proposal. December 23, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2017.