Cross Border Urban Tender

Scope of workDevelopment of Cross-border urban rail link between Singapore and Johor Bahru Malaysia.DescriptionThe accord on the Johor Bahru - Singapore Rapid Transit System Link RTS Link was reached following the conclusion of negotiations led by Singapores Ministry of Transport and Land Transport Authority LTA and Malaysias Land Public Transport Commission Spad.The agreement encompasses technical safety and security requirements and commercial financing and regulatory structures as well as customs immigration and quarantine arrangements.The two governments will jointly appoint an operations company OpCo to own design build finance operate and maintain operating assets including track signalling and rolling stock for a period of 30 years. The OpCo - a joint venture between Malaysian and Singaporean companies - will pay a concession fee to the two governments in return for the right to collect fares revenue from the operation of the line. Fares will be set commercially by the OpCo and will not be regulated by the two governments. The OpCo concession agreement is due to be signed by the end of September.The RTS Link will cross the Strait of Johor on a 25m-high bridge between Woodlands North station in Singapore and Bukit Chagar station in Johor Bahru. The line is due to open in December 2024 and will have capacity to carry 10000 passengers per hour per direction.The RTS Link will adopt standards for rolling stock signalling communications and integrated control from Singapores Thomson East Coast Line TEL which will interchange with the RTS Link at Woodlands North. Heavy maintenance will be outsourced to TEL operator SMRT Trains and carried out at the lines Mandai depot although a light maintenance depot will be constructed at Bukit Chagar.Penta-Ocean Construction received a S932.8m 697m civil contract for the construction of the RTS Link Woodlands North station tunnels and the CIQ building in Singapore in November 2020.Aecom secured a 42m contract to conduct architectural and engineering consultancy study for the project. The study was aimed at determining the technical parameters and exploring options for a convenient and cost-effective RTS link system.