Three major rail lines

Three major rail lines
Malaysian Mirror Wed 4/11/09

THE Government has identified three major railway lines to improve the national rail network services.

Deputy Transport Minister Robert Lau said the projects outlined were the
Gemas-Johor Baru double tracking project, the
Serendah-Port Klang-Seremban track and the
East Coast railway line.

“The transport authorities need to find out whether there is a priority to provide rail services in the East Coast states first before it is ready to construct rail networks,” he told Kamaruddin Jaafar (PAS-Tumpat).

Lau said KTM Berhad manages 1,658km of railway lines. This included 1,328km-long single track line and 330km-long double track lines covering the Seremban-Ipoh and Sentul-Port Klang lines.

“To improve capacity of the railway transport services, the Government has approved the implementation of double-tracking projects for the Ipoh-Padang Besar (329km), Seremban-Gemas (98km) and Sentul-Batu Caves (7.5km) routes,” he added.

Lau also told Alexander Nanta Linggi (BN-Kapit) that the Government is studying the need to provide railway lines in Sarawak.