JB-S'pore RTS Link: Rail systems to be installed from Dec

Other works include connecting rail link to Thomson-East Coast MRT Line

- Kok Yufeng

The installation of rail systems for the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link is slated to begin from the end of 2024 as scheduled, with good progress being made on both sides of the Johor Strait.

This next phase of work will include laying the tracks, as well as installing the signalling, communications and traction power systems, said Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA), Malaysia's Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT Corp), and RTS Operations (RTSO).

RTSO is a joint venture formed in 2020 between Singapore rail operator SMRT and Malaysian public transport firm Prasarana to run the 4km cross-border rail shuttle service.

More than 80 per cent of the civil infrastructure works have been completed on the Singapore side of the project, and civil infrastructure works in Malaysia have reached 93 per cent completion, the parties said in a joint statement on Nov 29.

With the marine and land viaducts almost finished, LTA will be ready to progressively grant RTSO access to the civil infrastructures within Singapore from end-2024.