News about rail

KUALA LUMPUR (June 8): The new Pakatan Harapan-led government have to be more transparent and considerate when scrapping the projects of the previous government which were implemented for the benefit of the people and country, Bernama reported former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak saying today.

PUTRAJAYA (June 6): The government may defer or terminate the RM55 billion East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) which is still being studied, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

PETALING JAYA (June 6): If the government plans to terminate the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project, it will have to pay about RM22 billion in compensation and penalty charges, reported The Malaysian Insight.

PETALING JAYA (June 2): The cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) – which is one of several mega projects being reviewed by the Pakatan Harapan government – has been inflated, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): Singaporeans are continuing to study the potential fallout from Malaysia’s scrapping of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): The RM40 billion third mass rapid transit project (MRT3) is “dead in its track” and the downturn in rail contracts has been set in motion, with up to RM100.

PETALING JAYA (May 31): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has fired back at former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak, saying that an investment of up to RM100 billion to create 100,000 jobs is “not very efficient”.

PETALING JAYA (May 30): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has challenged former Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan to back up his claims that the cancellation of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) will result in economic losses of RM209 billion.

PETALING JAYA (May 28): Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has confirmed that the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high speed-rail (HSR) will be cancelled, with the penalty likely to be around RM500 million, the prime minister told reporters today after a Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia meeting.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 27): There have been no changes made to the East Coast Rail Line (ECRL) mega project so far, according to China’s ambassador to Malaysia Bai Tian “As far as I know, there are no changes in ECRL project," Bernama reported him telling the media after visiting the second cub of the panda couple, Xing Xing and Liang Liang at the Giant Panda Conservation Centre of the National Zoo here yesterday.