150 entities show interest in KL-Singapore rail project

SINGAPORE — Around 150 companies and consortia have expressed interest in a joint Request for Information (RFI) exercise on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project, as of 6pm on Friday, Oct 16.

These 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, Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) said in a news release today (Oct 19).

All responses to the RFI exercise, which is expected to be concluded by the end of this year, must be received no later than 12pm on Nov 18, 2015, SPAD and LTA said.

CEO of SPAD, Mr Mohd Azharuddin Mat Sah, and CEO of LTA, Mr Chew Men Leong, said in a joint statement: “We are pleased by the market’s positive response to the RFI exercise. We look forward to receiving their feedback next month. This feedback will be critical in helping us with the commercial model of the project, and will help ensure that this project starts off on the right note.”