KUALA LUMPUR: The diesel locomotives used to aid in construction activities for the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project have begun arriving in the country.
ECRL, in a Facebook post today, shared snapshots of the diesel locomotives that were brought in via the Kuantan Port.
"Exciting news! The first few ECRL diesel locomotives have arrived in Malaysia via Kuantan Port and are now at the ECRL depot in Kuantan Port City.
"These locomotives will greatly support the project's construction activities," it said in the posting.
Last month, Transport Minister Anthony Loke told Dewan Rakyat that the project has reached 52.9 per cent completion and is on track to be completed by 2027.
He said as of this year, main construction works such as beam launching, structural works and track laying are actively being carried out along the ECRL line.
Loke added that the ECRL project from Kota Baru, Kelantan to Gombak is set to be completed on Dec 31, 2026, while Gombak to Port Klang stretch is expected to be completed by Dec 31, 2027.
The 665-kilometre long ECRL alignment, which was launched in 2017, involved the construction of an electrified rail network designed to improve connectivity between Peninsular Malaysia's East Coast states (Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang) and the West Coast states (Negri Sembilan, Selangor and the Federal Territory of Putrajaya).