Gemas-JB rail route upgrade project to finish in 2016

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Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha

KUALA LUMPUR: The final package of the Gemas-Johor Baharu double-tracking and electrification project is expected to be completed in 2016, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha.

He said the double-tracking and electrification project between Ipoh-Padang Besar would be completed by the end of 2013, and the Seremban-Gemas line by next year.

“We have finished the double-tracking and electrification project from Kuala Lumpur-Ipoh and also from Kuala Lumpur-Seremban.

At the moment, the Seremban-Gemas route is almost 80 per cent complete.

“For the Ipoh-Padang Besar project, I think it is about 70 per cent complete,” he told reporters after the launch of the ‘33rd Asean Railway Chief Executive Officers’ Conference 2011’ here yesterday. — Bernama