News about HSR

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 20): Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has said Malaysia does not have to wait for Singapore to be involved in the high-speed railway (HSR) project, and mooted the set-up of a private consortium which will be responsible for the entire implementation of the project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 9): The government has not decided whether to resume the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project given that discussions are still in the early stages.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 14): The study on the proposed Kuala Lumpur-Iskandar Puteri High Speed Rail (HSR) project has been done and is set to be submitted to the Cabinet, economic affairs minister Mustapa Mohamed revealed in a FMT report today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): With the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project being scrapped, it has been reported that a number of projects are being “mooted” for the land in Jurong that was meant for the mega transport system.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 4): The implementation of a Malaysia-only High Speed Rail (HSR) line would have a similar impact on earnings for the Malaysian construction sector as the now-cancelled Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR line.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): A “critical matter” which led to the scrapping of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) was the matter of the AssetsCo, The Edge Malaysia reported in the cover story of its latest issue.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 9): It has been officially announced that the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) is terminated.

SINGAPORE (Jan 4): Singapore could not accept Malaysia’s proposal to remove the systems supplier and network operator of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, says Minister for Transport Ong Ye Kung, according to The Straits Times.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 4): The government's move to replace the cancelled Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail project (KL-Singapore HSR) with the Kuala Lumpur-Johor Baru HSR (KL-JB HSR) will still be positive for the construction sector, say analysts.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 1): Malaysia and Singapore have decided to terminate the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project as both countries could not reach an agreement on several changes that the Malaysian government proposed.