Six companies from Singapore will partner for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (KL-Singapore HSR) project. The companies are Clifford Capital, DBS, Sembcorp Design and Construction, SMRT International, Surbana Jurong and Singapore Technologies Electronics. The companies also plan to partner international players to jointly participate in the KL-SG HSR.
“The partnership leverages unique strengths of each company, enabling them to expand into the high-speed rail segment. Together, their solutions cover the entire value chain of financing, design, construction, system integration, operations and maintenance,” the companies stated.
The KL-Singapore HSR is slated to be operational by end-2026. A privately financed asset company AssetsCo will be set up for this project. AssetsCo will be responsible for designing, building, financing and maintaining all rolling stock as well as rail assets such as power, signalling and telecommunications. This July, the Malaysia’s MyHSR Corporation and Transport Authority of Singapore jointly conduct an Industry Briefing in preparation for the AssetsCo tender for the HSR project. The tenders for the project are expected to be called by end-2017.
This May, MyHSR Corporation awarded Systra and Meinhardt two Reference Design Consultant (RDC) contracts for the HSR project. The companies will provide the full range of multidisciplinary services and expertise required for the RDC contracts. These contracts also mark the start of an engineering collaboration between the two companies.
The Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR will connect 7 cities in Malaysia to Singapore, following a coastal route within a 90 minutes time travel.
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