Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nancy Shukry said the study encompassed a detailed technical and engineering assessment; costs and finance; operations and its socio-economic benefits.
She said the project covering 350 kilometres along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia would serve five stations and two terminals.
The high-speed train would potentially provide two types of services, the 90-minute express service and 120-minute transit service.
“Its average speed is expected to be 250km per hour,” she said in a written reply to Liew Chin Tong (DAP-Kluang). Liew had asked the prime minister to furnish updates on the development of the project, apart from a detailed report on the Johor Bahru-Singapore MRT.
To another question, Nancy said the estimated cost for the construction of the double-track electric railway project from Gemas to Johor Bahru was RM7.2 billion while the Johor Bahru-Singapore MRT project was in the final phase of its feasibility study.
– BERNAMA
