KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2:
China's CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co has won the award to supply high-speed trains for the proposed 200km link between Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh.
This would result in the world's fastest inter-city bullet trains by the end of next year, reported China Daily.
What makes the contract extra significant is that the trains are also likely to be used for the southern corridor high-speed rail link between KL and Singapore, the newspaper said.
The high-speed rail link would be further extended north to Padang Besar and onward through Thailand and ending up in Kunming – bringing to fruition the vision made by Asean in the 1990s for a direct rail link to SOuthern China.
The Chinese rail firm's president, Zhou Qinghe, said the first batch of 10 trains will be produced in China while the rest will later be manufactured at a new manufacturing base being built in Malaysia.
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Source : http://www.therakyatpost.com/business/2014/12/02/china-firm-wins-kl-ipoh-highspeed-rail-award/
