A Tale of Three Cities: Urban rail concessions in Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Manila

urban rail
Publication Date:
Dec 02, 2004

This study focuses the role of private concessions in developing urban mass rapid transit systems in East Asian cities. It is primarily founded on the experiences of Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila and the comparator cities of London , Singapore and Hong Kong.

This study of MRT concessions policy is a background paper to a flagship study of infrastructure service provision in East Asia and the Pacific. It concerns the role of private concessions in developing urban MRT1 systems in East Asian cities. It is primarily founded on the experiences of Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Manila and the comparator cities London, Singapore and Hong Kong.

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