News about HSR

KUALA LUMPUR (June 6): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd and the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) will jointly conduct an industry briefing next month in preparation for the assets company (AssetsCo) tender for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.

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KUALA LUMPUR (May 8): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd has appointed American multinational engineering firm AECOM for civil reference design works for the high speed rail (HSR) infrastructure, which stretches from the south of Iskandar Puteri Station to the international border of Malaysia and Singapore.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 3): The first tender for the KL-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project will be called in the final quarter of 2017 for the purpose of setting up an assets company (AssetsCo), said Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar.

THE property market in Johor will remain challenging this year and developers will focus on clearing stock and selling products priced below RM700,000.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 20): MyHSR Corp Sdn Bhd has launched a strategic development framework (SDF) to outline socioeconomic development direction along the 350km Kuala Lumpur Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) corridor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 17): A consortium of WSP Engineering Malaysia Sdn Bhd of Australia, UK-based Mott MacDonald Malaysia Sdn Bhd and Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd (EY) has been selected as the joint development partner (JDP) for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project, which will cut travel time between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to 90 minutes.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 16): The Malaysian and Singapore governments have awarded the joint development partner (JDP) contract for the planned Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project to a consortium comprising WSP Engineering Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Mott MacDonald Malaysia Sdn Bhd, and Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 20): European rail experts expect an internal rate of return (IRR) of at least 15% to 20% if chosen as the concessionaire to own, operate and maintain Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed rail (HSR) assets.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): China Railway International Corp Ltd (CRIC) believes that the consortium formed along with its peers has an advantage in bidding to be the asset owner of the 350-kilometre Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), given the republic's track record in HSR projects, engineering talents and diplomatic relationship between Malaysia and China.