SINGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced on February 8 that it has appointed Aecom Singapore to conduct the advanced engineering study (AES) for the design of infrastructure on the Singaporean section of the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line.
BOMBARDIER announced on December 29 that the first of 14 driverless Innovia Metro 300 trains ordered by Prasarana to expand the fleets on the Kelana Jaya Line on the Kuala Lumpur light metro network had entered service.
MALAYSIA’s first heavy metro line was inaugurated on December 15, when prime minister Mr Najib Razak officially opened the first Phase 1 of the Klang Valley MRT Sungai Buloh – Kajang Line (Line MRT1) in a ceremony at Kwasa Damansara station.
MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najib Razak and his Singaporean counterpart Mr Lee Hsien Loong witnessed the signing of a bilateral agreement at the Malayisan prime minister’s retreat in Putrajaya on December 13, which commits the two countries to complete the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line within a decade.
THE first CRRC Changchun EMU for Express Rail Link (ERL), the owner and operator of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Klia) rail link, was unveiled on October 20 by Malaysia’s transport minister Mr Liow Tiong Lai.
MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najib Razak visited Semantan MRT station west of Kuala Lumpur on September 1 for his first ride on the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh - Kajang Line.
MALAYSIAN prime minister Mr Najab Razak officially launched construction on Kuala Lumpur metro Line LRT3 in a ceremony at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam on August 24.
This month the prime ministers of Malaysia and Singapore are expected to sign a key agreement on the implementation of the Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line. Keith Barrow looks at how momentum - and international interest - is building behind this flagship project.
Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) is overseeing an array of rail projects that promise to alter the transport landscape across the country in the next 15 years. CEO Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah met with Kevin Smith in Kuala Lumpur to discuss the goals of its current development programme.
MALAYSIA's prime minister Mr Najib Abdul Razak officially opened the latest additions to Kuala Lumpur's steadily growing rail network on June 30, a 17.4km extension of the Kelana Jaya Line and a 6.6km extension of the Ampang Line both of which terminate in Putra Heights.
