Rail system installation for Johor Bahru – Singapore link to begin by end-2024

The LTO said 80% of civil structure works in Singapore are completed.

The Infrastructure Companies (InfraCos) of Malaysia and Singapore will grant RTS Operations Pte Ltd (RTSO) access to the RTS Link civil structures progressively by the end of this year allowing RTSO to commence the installation works for the RTS Link rail systems, according to a joint statement by the Land Transport Authority, Singapore; Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd, Malaysia; and RTS Operations Pte Ltd.

These include laying the tracks for the RTS Link, as well as the signalling, communications, integrated supervisory control, and traction power supply systems.

The InfraCos, appointed by their respective Governments, are responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the RTS Link civil infrastructure. RTSO is a joint venture company formed between Prasarana RTS Sdn Bhd and SMRT RTS Pte Ltd to operate the RTS Link service.

80% or four-fifths of the overall civil infrastructure works in Singapore have been completed to date. The marine and land viaducts are almost completed, and InfraCo Singapore will be ready to progressively grant RTSO access to the civil infrastructures within Singapore from the end of the year.

The remaining works include architectural works, roadworks, installation of electrical & maintenance systems, and other key systems such as immigration gates. These works, which will be carried out in tandem with the rest of the structural works for the RTS Link, will require close coordination with all relevant parties from Singapore and Malaysia.

In addition, construction works to connect the RTS Link to the existing Thomson-East Coast Line (TEL) Woodlands North station at Basement 1 will begin in 2025.

Meanwhile, the railway civil infrastructure works in Malaysia which encompasses the RTS Link Maintenance Depot, Bukit Chagar Station, and terrestrial and marine viaducts have reached approximately 93% completion.

InfraCo Malaysia has granted earlier than scheduled access to RTSO into the RTS Link Maintenance Depot beginning 30 Sep 2024 for commencement of trackwork installation and will continue to progressively hand over access to the remaining railway infrastructures from the end of the year.