Johor Bahru: the railway system works on the connection challenge of Johor Bahor-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) is full by about 50 %, the transport operator mentioned in an replace on Wednesday (February 26).
These works embody set up, reporting and energy provide. The monitor set up, which started in September final 12 months from the Wadi Hana deposit to Johor Bahru, might be accomplished and can attain the North Woodlands station in July.
The updates have been supplied by the director of the RTS Operations challenge (RTSO) Zahrin Abdul Gani on Wednesday. RTSO is a three way partnership firm fashioned by the transport operators Prasarana Malaysia and the SMrt Corporation of Singapore.
The Link RTS, which can lengthen 4 km from Woodlands North station in Singapore to Johor’s Bukit Chagar station, ought to begin the service by the tip of 2026.
It goals to alleviate the congestion of site visitors on the raised highway – one of the crucial overwhelming border crossings on the planet – transporting as much as 10,000 passengers per hour per traction.
Zahrin mentioned that the “system implementation” part of the challenge is continuing effectively.
“In the approaching months, our key purpose might be on vital techniques together with trackwork, rolling (trains), traction and integration energy with out a resolution of continuity of the reporting and management techniques,” he added.
Asked by the media on doable charges, dr. Ahmad Marzuki Ariffin, CEO of RSSO, mentioned that there’s nonetheless no info to disseminate “and that the charges might be introduced nearer to the beginning date.
In January final 12 months, the then Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim marked the completion of a 17.1 m lengthy construction that connects the marine viaducts of each nations.
From the viewpoint of Singapore, the work to attach the RTS connection to the Thomson-East (Tel) coast line will start in 2025, the Terrestrial Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA), the Massia Rapid Transit Corporation of Malaysia and RTSO have declared in a joint declaration final November.
