Malaysia Railway News
ECRL Project Work Progress Status in Kelantan at 79.81% as of May-2024
The progress status of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in Kelantan has reached 79.81% as of May 2024, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).
The MoT said the progress of the work involved the bridge structures where 428 out of 468 beam launching spans had been installed on the main line and construction work for both stations in Kelantan had also started. Read more…
Foundation laid for Singapore-Kunming rail link
THE 329km Ipoh-Padang Besar Electrified Double Track Project, a railway section that will form a part of the planned Singapore-Kunming rail link that was agreed upon by Asean countries in 2007, is expected to be completed in 2013.
The RM12.5bil project, the largest construction project undertaken in the country started just over two years ago. It has reached another milestone with the final breakthrough of the 3.3km-long Bukit Berapit, the longest of its kind in South-East Asia.
The 9m-high and 9m-wide horseshoe-shaped twin tunnels, will replace at least four tunnels and two bridges of the existing track while cutting across the old track, the North-South Expressway, federal trunk road and the 200m Berapit tunnel.
Once completed, electrified trains will travel at a speed of 160 km per hour, reducing traveling time between Ipoh and Penang to 90 minutes from the current four hours.
Source: The Star – November 11, 2010
Gemas-Johor Baru electrified double-tracking project at 37pc completion
18 Apr 2019 By Ben Tan
The construction of the Gemas-Johor Baru electrified double-tracking project (EDTP), which is expected to be completed by October 2021, is slightly ahead of schedule, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook speaks during a press conference in Johor Baru April 18, 2019. — Picture by Ben Tan
He said the RM8.9 billion project was now 37 per cent completed and would be done before the Electric Train Service (ETS) commence operations in early 2022.
“At present, the project is slightly ahead of its schedule. The cost will include all infrastructure and support facilities along the 192km track,” said Loke during his visit to the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) project site in Kempas here today.
He earlier attended a closed-door briefing on the project’s progress with stakeholders, including state assemblymen and federal lawmakers whose respective areas are covered by the project.
However, Loke also pointed out that the project in Johor faced several barriers that is currently being resolved.
The Seremban DAP MP said the project owners have identified a total of 324 barriers along the project’s route and from that total 191 of them have been resolved.
“These barriers to the project include houses, buildings and places of worship that need to be removed or demolished to make way for the project’s progress,” said Loke, adding that to date there are only 131 barriers remaining.
He added that the government has taken various approaches to finding the best solution in solving the issue, including giving out one-off compensation to the parties involved.
The Gemas-Johor Baru EDTP will be part of the wider west coast electrified track system (ETS) in four years’ time.
The project, which was delayed due to land acquisition issues along the route, is now underway.
Under the EDTP, Johor will connect to the entire west coast, which is from Johor Baru to Padang Besar in Perlis.
It will see the EDTP going through 11 stations in Johor including Segamat, Kluang, Labis, Bekok, Paloh, Renggam, Kayang, Mengkibol, Kulai and Kempas Baru when completed.
Upon completion, the journey from KL Sentral to JB Sentral will see the trains travel at a speed of 140km to 160km per hour and the journey is estimated to take three hours and 30 minutes.
LETTER: As there are plans to convert the old Taiping railway station in Perak into a railway museum soon, it will be good if Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) reconstruct the first railway track built in 1885 from Taiping to Port Weld.
The track, which was the first railway line in the country, could also have coal-powered slow locomotives to reenact that special 19th century feeling. Read more…