Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail
| Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Type | High-speed rail | ||
| System | Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail | ||
| Status | Under Planning | ||
| Locale |
 Malaysia Singapore
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| Termini | • Bandar Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur • Iskandar Puteri, Johor • Jurong East, Singapore |
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| Stations | 8 (Planned) | ||
| Services | 3 (Express, Shuttle & Domestic) | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | 2026 (Estimated) | ||
| Owner |
InfraCos • MyHSR Corp (Malaysia) • LTA (Singapore) |
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| Operator(s) |
OpCos • OpCo International (Express & Shuttle service) • OpCo Domestic (Domestic service) |
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| Rolling stock | 10-car trainsets capacity for up to 100 passengers per car | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 350 km (220 mi) Malaysia: 335 km (208 mi) Singapore: 15 km (9.3 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
| Electrification | Overhead line | ||
| Operating speed | 300 km/h (185 mph) | ||
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The Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project was announced by the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib in September 2010 to connect Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru with Singapore. On 19 February 2013, Singapore and Malaysia officially agreed to build a high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore by 2020 at a meeting between Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak in Singapore.
The construction of the highspeed railway was expected to start in the third quarter of 2015. However, an update by the Malaysian Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) now places the commencement of works to be in 2017, with the completion in 2026.
A high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore was proposed in the late 1990s, but due to high costs the proposal was shelved. In 2006 YTL Corporation, operator of the Express Rail Link in Kuala Lumpur, revived the proposal, with a projected speed of 250 km/h (155 mph). This was expected to trim travel time between the two cities to 99 minutes, compared with 4–5 hours by road, 7 hours by conventional rail services, or 3 hours by air (including travel to and from the airports, check-in, boarding and other airport procedures). In 2008 the Malaysian government halted the project citing high-costs of over RM8 billion.
The proposal was highlighted in 2010 as a high-impact project, out of the 131 entry-point projects, in the Malaysian government's Economic Transformation Programme Roadmap in a bid to increase economic activities concurrently greater economic synergies. Studies into the feasibility and conceptual details of the proposal were to be carried out in December 2010 and January 2011.
It was believed that the Malaysian government was going to sign a high-speed rail deal with China upon the visit of President Hu Jintao of China to Kuala Lumpur in June 2011.
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