The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is now 87% complete as of August, transport minister Anthony Loke has said, according to a Bernama report.
Spanning Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Selangor, the project’s Terengganu portion was among the fastest to be completed because land issues were resolved earlier. Plus, its flat geographical terrain led to fewer construction challenges.
“In Terengganu, track works are almost completed. The only sections yet to be finished are from Bentong to Gombak, particularly the Genting Tunnel up to Gombak, which is the most challenging segment,” Loke said, adding that the recent cable thefts in Pahang have disrupted work there.
“More than a kilometre of cables were stolen, which created problems for the developer. They now have to review their approach to accelerate progress. I have already discussed with the home ministry and the police. More aggressive action is needed, including enforcing stricter laws to curb this issue,” he said.
The 665 km-long Kota Bharu-Port Klang rail project is expected to cut travel time to four hours from seven by road (or over 12 hours during festive seasons). Phase 1 (Kota Bharu-Gombak Integrated Terminal) is scheduled for completion by December 2026, with operations set to begin in January 2027. Phase 2 (Gombak-Port Klang) is expected to be completed by December 2027 and become operational by January 2028.
The ECRL may be extended to Rantau Panjang, which is on the Kelantan side of the Malaysian-Thai border; Sungai Golok being on the other side. This has been reported to be in the initial discussion stage.
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Tell me if a family of 8 prefers to take ECRL than a van or MPV. Just count how much money needed to buy the tickets.
NO, ECRL is not a complete solution, rather a mere 5%. Goods transportation would be of max benefit potentials.
using your example of 2 children, 2 teenagers, 2 parents, 2 grandparents. the 2 children qualify for discount. 2 grandparents also get senior discount. so its not as expensive asyou think.
All thanks to PM Najib for initiating this and Transport Minister Dr Wee for pushing this forward from the brink of cancelation during Covid era.
Everyone else is just taking their unjust recognitions.
even better, PM anjib received the 2.6 billion ringgit donation from saudi into his personal account which was going to help fund the construction of ECRL.
just kidding, he used the money to buy birkin bags and diamond jewellry for rosmah , and to fund “wolf of wall street” porn movie sorry i mean academy award potential movie.
We were wrong to kick him out. Whatever he took he still gave us Bandar Malaysia, PNB118, TRX, ECRL, MRT 1 & 2 & 3, LRT 3, extensions for LRT 1 & 2, KVDT, reduction in petrol prices with RON95 intro, and removal of tolls from 6 highways something which no PM have ever gave before and none ever since him.
What did Anwar & PH gave us? Higher cost of living with flipflop economic policies such as subsidy removal but retaining, higher inflation due to return SST, all his janji manis was just to win votes but all kena capati. Rakyat sudah ditipu teruk!
Anjib didnt give us anything , all of those you mentioned were paid for using taxpayer money. now back to DSAI he of course gave us cheaper petrol compared to Anjib, plus the KLCI stock market has been soaring and ringgit forex rate has been very strong in the two years since PH took over the govt.
Still feeling better during Najib’s time compared to all the PMs after him.
Najib = infrastructure & cheaper fuel but funded with high spending.
Anwar = currency & economic stability but rakyat feel cost of living burden.