All Singapore - Kuala Lumpur high speed railway articles – Page 2

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    Singapore awards high speed railway design contract

    2017-02-08T09:56:48Z

    SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has appointed AECOM Singapore and a team of specialist consultants to conduct the advanced engineering study for the complete design of the Singapore section of the future high speed line to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The contract includes the provision of architectural, civil engineering, electrical, mechanical ...

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    Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail agreement signed

    2016-12-13T10:29:00Z

    ASIA: A bilateral agreement for the development of the 350 km Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail project was signed on December 13, when the two countries’ Prime Ministers took part in their annual retreat, which was this year was held at Putrajaya in Malaysia. The agreement was signed ...

  • International High Speed Rail Association Chairman Masafumi Shukuri said high speed rail was 'a game changer' with the potential to transform society.
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    High speed rail forum addresses challenges of a changing society

    2016-11-17T13:21:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: The ability of high speed railways to generate economic benefits and transform society was one of the themes underpinning the International High Speed Rail Association Forum, which brought together 286 participants from more than 20 countries in Kyoto on November 17. Describing high speed rail as 'a game changer', ...

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    Strong interest in Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high speed line

    2015-11-25T09:45:00Z

    ASIA: The land transport authorities of Malaysia and Singapore received 98 responses to their request for information for the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail project, SPAD and LTA jointly announced on November 25. The proposed 330 km line would offer a 90 min journey time. The RFI was ...

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    Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail market sounding begins

    2015-10-07T15:44:00Z

    ASIA: Malaysian land transport commission SPAD and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority have jointly launched a market-sounding exercise for the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail project. The proposed 330 km line would offer a 90 min journey time between the cities. The request for information issued on October ...

  • The prime ministers of Malaysia and Singapore discussed the high speed rail project at their annual retreat on May 5.
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    Malaysia – Singapore high speed line opening date put back

    2015-05-05T14:50:00Z

    ASIA: The planned opening date for the proposed 330 km high speed line between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore is to be put back from 2020 to a more realistic date, the prime ministers of Malaysia and Singapore jointly announced after their annual leader’s retreat on May 5. The location for ...

  • Malaysian national operator KTMB is now testing the first of 10 Class 93 inter-city EMUs being supplied by CSR Zhuzhou for newly-electrified routes north from Ipoh to Butterworth and the Thai border. The metre-gauge EMUs will operate at up to 160 km/h.
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    MyHSR Corp to oversee high speed project

    2015-04-20T10:19:00Z

    SOUTHEAST ASIA: The Malaysian government has approved the establishment of MyHSR Corp, a state-backed project delivery company which is to manage Malaysia’s share in the 38bn ringgit Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed project. As a first step, the Malaysian finance ministry is to be issued with 10 million ...

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    Tender issued for Singapore high speed route study

    2014-04-14T13:33:00Z

    ASIA: Following the summit between Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak earlier this month, the Singapore Land Transport Authority on April 11 called tenders for an engineering feasibility study to develop ‘feasible corridors’ for the Singapore section of the planned 330 route-km high ...

  • The last KTMB trains to Singapore's Tanjong Pagar terminus ran in 2011 and the rail corridor was sold off for redevelopment.
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    High speed station planning progresses

    2014-04-08T14:41:00Z

    ASIA: A high speed station is planned for the Sungai Besi regeneration zone south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced on April 7 at the end of the fifth ‘leaders’ retreat’ with his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong. The two leaders reported that ‘good progress’ was being ...

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    Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high speed railway agreement

    2013-02-19T12:56:00Z

    ASIA: An agreement to build a high speed railway between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore is included in the joint statement issued by the Prime Ministers of Malaysia and Singapore following their annual retreat on February 19. The Joint Ministerial Committee has been tasked with looking into 'the details and modalities' ...