Ramping up to full speed


1 According to Mohd Nur, MyHSR will be looking for development opportunities connected to HSR services and stations. — Filepic2 Foreign expertise could help to develop Malaysia’s high-speed rail. China, for instance, has in recent years intensified efforts to connect huge landmass with high-speed rail systems. Pictured is Wuhan station in Hubei province, on the Beijing–Guangzhou line. — MENG YEW CHOONG / The Star

MALAYSIA’S high-speed rail (HSR) connecting Kuala Lumpur to Singapore is on track, with a new company known as MyHSR Corp expected to take the lead in making the project a reality.

The company’s first chief executive Mohd Nur Ismail Mohamed Kamal speaks about what he has in mind for what may be South-East Asia’s first bullet train.

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