Western Sabah Railway Line

Already in the early months of his involvement, Cowie had commenced work on telegraph line and the railway; with a vision to connect the east and west areas of North Borneo through the forests, mountain ranges, rivers and swampland.

[1] An English civil engineer, Arthur Joseph West was then appointed to establish the railway line from Bukau in the north of Beaufort and south to Weston.

[6] Through the meeting of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly on 16 April, Minister Anthony further told that another line with a length of 175 kilometres that will connecting Kudat with Kota Kinabalu are under preliminary study stage which expected to be ready in the end of the year.

[7] Nevertheless with the change of the state government administration, new Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Bung Mokhtar Radin explained in late 2021 that the proposed railway track connecting Tenom and Melalap that was alleged to cost for RM50 million to implement had been cancelled and replaced with the procurement of one locomotive, six units of diesel multiple unit (DMU), semi automated tamping machine, composite sleepers and shuttle bus, which are claimed will boost efficiency, safety and consistency of the state railway department to benefit more train commuters in the state while the new proposed railway track to Kudat are still studied with the study to be implement in 2022.

[8] On 19 November 2021, Malaysia's Deputy Transport Minister Henry Sum Agong announced that another project to upgrade the Halogilat-Tenom railway track in Sabah is expected to be ready by early 2022.