RFI For KL-SINGAPORE HSR Project Undergoing Data Analysis

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 (Bernama) -- The Request for Information (RFI) exercise on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project, which has been completed, is undergoing data analysis, said the Malaysian Minister of Transport Liow Tiong Lai. He said following the completion of the data analysis, an open tender for the HSR project would commence. "We also had an open tender for the RFI and the data submitted is being summarised by various companies," he told reporters after launching the first China High-Speed Railway Showcase here Friday. Liow said public feedback on the HSR project was also required to conclude discussions with the Singapore counterparts. Previously, the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) and the Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) had received 98 submissions, coming from across the HSR value chain and included entities based in Malaysia, Singapore, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America. Meanwhile, the five-day showcase organised by China Railway is a collaboration with SPAD and Han Culture Centre Malaysia (HCCM). Earlier in his speech, Liow said public ridership on land transportation nationwide would reach 500,000 this year and over 800,000 by 2020. China Railway Chinese Fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering He Huawu said as at end of 2015, there would be more than 19,000 km of high-speed rail in operation globally. "China serves the longest mileage and the most advance of HSR structures in the world," he said. He said China built at least 34 lines of the HSR globally which covered 160 cities, with more than 3,000 electric multiple unit in a daily operation with over three million passengers," he said. --BERNAMA