KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2:
China's CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co has won the award to supply electric trains and coaches for the proposed 200km KTM Komuter link between Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh.
This clarification was made today by a CSR representative in response to a report by China Daily that KL-Ipoh could have the world's fastest inter-city bullet trains by the end of next year.
China Daily had also reported that the trains are likely to be used for the southern corridor high-speed rail link between KL and Singapore, plus being extended north to Padang Besar. The paper had since retracted the story as being in error.
The CSR representative today clarified that the northern link for the electrified train service will extend only to mainland Penang.
The Chinese rail firm's president, Zhou Qinghe, was quoted by the paper as having 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/
