Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System

 RTS 
Johor Bahru–Singapore
Rapid Transit System
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Singapore MRT
Status Architectural and engineering consultancy studies
Locale Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Woodlands, Singapore
Termini Bukit Chagar
Woodlands North
Stations 2
Services 1
Operation
Opened 2024[1]
Owner Singapore Land Transport Authority
Malaysia Land Public Transport Commission
Operator(s) TBA
Character Elevated
Rolling stock  TEL  CT251
4-car trainsets capacity for up to 1,280 passengers per trainset with five doors per side per carriage.
Technical
Line length 4 km (2.5 mi)
Number of tracks 2
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 750 V DC Third Rail
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph)

The Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS Link) is a planned rapid transit system that would connect Singapore and Johor Bahru, Malaysia, crossing the Straits of Johor. The line is also referred to as the "Singapore-Johor Bahru Rapid Transit System", "Malaysia-Singapore Rapid Transit System", etc. If built, it would be the second rail link between the two countries, after KTM Intercity's North-South line, and the first designed for high-volume local transit. The first part of a preliminary engineering study was completed in March 2014,[2] with the initial completion year targeted for 2019. However, according to Datuk Ismail Ibrahim, CEO of the Iskandar Regional Development Authority, completion date is targeted for 2022.[3]

Currently envisioned as a two-station line, the Singapore end would be located near Republic Polytechnic, with interchange to Woodlands North MRT Station on the upcoming Thomson-East Coast MRT Line, and the Malaysian end would be at Southern Integrated Gateway which is located at Bukit Chagar, with interchange to Keretapi Tanah Melayu Intercity services at JB Sentral and the planned Johor Bahru Rapid Transit System.[4] Both stations are planned to have colocated Singaporean and Malaysian customs, immigration and quarantine facilities.[5] Bridge and tunnel options were considered for the link across the Johor Straits.[4]

A high bridge near the Johor–Singapore Causeway was decided upon during the leaders' retreat held between the prime ministers, Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore and Najib Razak of Malaysia, in December 2016. The announcement was made on 13 December in a joint news conference after the signing of a bilateral agreement on the Kuala Lumpur–Singapore High Speed Rail project.[6] They agreed that the RTS Link will connect the Thomson-East Coast MRT Line (TEL) from Woodlands North to Johor Baru via the high bridge and the link will use the same rail systems and trains as TEL. The bilateral agreement for the RTS Link is expected to be inked by the end of 2017.[7][8]

On 31 July 2017, Singapore's Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan and Malaysia's Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Abdul Rahman Dahlan announced that the RTS Link will begin passenger service by the end of December 2024.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Singapore-JB Rapid Transit System to begin passenger service by 2024". Channel NewsAsia. 31 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Preliminary engineering study on Rapid Transit System link to Johor Bahru completed - Channel NewsAsia
  3. ↑ "Johor-Singapore Rapid Transit System by 2022". The Edge Markets. 2017-05-02. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  4. 1 2 Final plan for Singapore-Johor Bahru Rapid Transit System (RTS) link by end of 2014
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-08-27.
  6. ↑ Singapore and Malaysia to boost travel links, AsiaOne Singapore News
  7. ↑ Singapore-JB Rapid Transit System to be linked via high bridge over Straits of Johor
  8. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/kl-singapore-sign-deal-for-high-speed-rail


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