MALAYSIA and Singapore's land transport authorities say they have received 98 responses to the request for information for the proposed Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed project, which was issued in October.
A month of free rides began on November 1 on services to the four new stations added to Kuala Lumpur's Ampang light metro line from Sri Petaling to Bandar Kinrara.
KUALA Lumpur's Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp) confirmed on October 22 that the Malaysian government has given final approval for the 52.2km Klang Valley MRT Line 2 enabling construction to begin on the line from Sungai Buloh to Serdang and Putrajaya.
KUALA Lumpur's Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT) has appointed Arup as reference design consultant for the underground section of Klang Valley MRT Line 2, which will link Sungai Buloh with Serdang and Putrajaya.
SINGAPORE's Ministry of Transport has expressed surprise at suggestions made by Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission's (Spad) that the planned Kuala Lumpur - Singapore high-speed line should terminate short of the border between the two countries.
KUALA Lumpur's Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT) says it is plans to announce tenders for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 project by the end of the year.
EXPRESS Rail Link (ERL), the owner and operator of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (Klia) express service, has placed an order with CNR for six four-car trains which it says will boost capacity by 50% to meet growing ridership demands.
KUALA Lumpur's Mass Rapid Transit Corporation has selected a joint venture of Gamuda and MMC as the contractor for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Line 2 project from Sungai Buloh to Serdang and Putrajaya, just two weeks after the government confirmed funding for the project in its 2015 budget announcement.
PRASARANA and CSR Zhuzhou, China, signed a contract for 30 additional six-car metro trains for Kuala Lumpur's Ampang Line at a ceremony at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton on October 21.
WORK on the Klang Valley MRT 2 project, a 56km line from Selayang via Kuala Lumpur to Putrajaya, could start next year following an announcement by Malaysian prime minister Mr Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak during last week's 2015 budget unveiling.
