📋 Tender Overview
Scope East Coast Rail Link ECRL project is a 640km railway link connecting different parts of the east coast region with the west coast region in Malaysia.Malaysia Rail Link MRLSB is developing the project and will operate it in a 5050 joint venture with China Communications Construction Company CCCC. The Ministry of Transport through Agensi Pengangkutan Awam Darat APAD will supervise and regulate the project.Construction on the ECRL project began with the groundbreaking held in Kuantan Malaysia in August 2017 but the work was suspended in 2018 due to financial reasons. Construction resumed in July 2019 with the completion scheduled for December 2026.ECRL is the biggest economic and trade project between China and Malaysia. The ECRL rail project was originally planned to be developed in two phases with phase one covering 600km of track and phase two with an 88km stretch.Some modifications have been made to the alignment due to cultural heritage and environmental concerns. The realigned stretch will run from Mentakab to Port Klang via Negeri Sembilan to avoid traverse through the Klang Gate Quartz Ridge.The new alignment also resulted in a significant reduction in construction costs from MYR65.5bn 15.8bn to MYR44bn 10bn based on a comprehensive value engineering exercise.The new rail link will pass through the states of Kelantan Terengganu Pahang Negeri Sembilan WP Putrajaya and Selangor. It will originate at Kota Bharu the state capital of Kelantan and terminate at Port Klang in Selangor. It will reduce the travel time from Kota Bharu to WP Putrajaya to approximately four hours.The route will have three interchange stations along namely Mentakab BangiKajang and Putrajaya Sentral.The Putrajaya Sentral station will be an interchange with Express Rail Link ERL for those travelling to Kuala Lumpur International Airport KLIA and KLIA2 and with Mass Rapid Transit 2 MRT2 Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya SSP line.The line will interchange with KTM Electric Train Service ETS and KTM Komuter service at Bangi Kajang while the Mentakab station will allow the ECRL to interchange with KTM Intercity and KTM Kargo service.The standard gauge double-track railway line will allow passenger trains to travel at speeds up to 160kmh and freight trains at 80kmh. The East Coast Rail Link project will comprise a total of 20 stations including 14 passenger stations five combined passenger and freight stations and one freight station. The route will have approximately 40 tunnels from Kota Bharu to Port Klang including the 2.8km-long Kuantan Tunnel the 1.1km-long Paka Tunnel and the 871m-long Dungun Tunnel. The longest tunnel measuring 7km will be built in the Jelebu-Semenyih area.The line will also feature multiple viaducts of approximately 100km in length. CCCC is the main contractor while HSSI was appointed to provide supervising consultancy services detail desig
