S776 underwent a Factory Acceptance Test in the TBM Refurbishment Plant in Pusing, and is now ready for action.
In less than 48 hours from now, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will press a button to bring to life a machine that has been lying dormant after its mission to Kuala Lumpur was completed four years ago.
That machine is codenamed S776, a state-of-the-art variable density tunnel boring machine that had proved its prowess by playing its part in excavating the 9.5km long twin tunnels of the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT Line, which is now serving nearly 120,000 commuters each day.
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