KL-Singapore high speed rail project draws strong market feedback

98 companies participated in the request for information exercise.

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Malaysia’s Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (SPAD) have received 98 submissions in response to the joint Request for Information (RFI) exercise on the Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project.

The respondents were companies and consortia come from across the HSR value chain and include entities based in Malaysia, Singapore, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and North America, a joint statement from the authorities said.

“We are grateful for the strong feedback that the market has provided us on our project. We will study the responses thoroughly and consider how the project’s commercial model and procurement approach can be further improved,” said LTA CEO Chew Men Leong and SPAD CEO En Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah in the joint statement. 

The Governments of Malaysia and Singapore expect to finalise the commercial model and procurement approach of the project by next year.