Rail line connecting Singapore and Malaysia set to be completed in 2026


PUTRAJAYA: With the 2026 target set for the High Speed Rail service to be up and running, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong witnessed a key milestone for the project with the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) here.

The MoU for the project which will cut travel time between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore to just 90 minutes, was inked yesterday by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan and Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan for Singapore.

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