Saturday 24 November 2012

Johor - Singapore MRT/RTS Project

AECOM technology won a $42M contract in the middle of this year for the design and engineering study of the project by Malaysia's Land Public Transport Commission and Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA).

Here's the main stuffs that matters to most: 

  • Terminal locations will likely be JB sentral and Republic Polytechnic (last station on Thomson line).
  • Each person will only need to clear the immigration once. That means if you depart from Singapore, you will need to go through CIQ at Singapore only. That's no CIQ on entry to Malaysia. Same applies when you depart Malaysia.
  • Will be linked up to the KTM rail to KL sentral. Preliminary estimated traveling time could be only 90 mins (from 6 hours) from JB to KL. This is at a speed of 250km/h. Hopefully this is a high speed non-stop train straigth to KL. If this really happens and done well (hassle free), it will really give the airline a run for its money. Bad news for the traffic cop in Malaysia (less Ang Pow earnings) . I don't mind taking a train from Singapore-KL when I travel for business if this can cut down on the traveling time. Arriving 1-2 hours earlier at the airport, flight time of 45 mins, 30 mins train ride to KL sentral will easily take 3-4 hours. This rail project will surely lead to an increase in visitors to KL and vice versa. 




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