The project is still under study. It aims to connect Kuala Lumpur with Singapore via a high-speed train and the trip would last about 90 minutes. The original route would be about 330 kilometres, with 4 or 5 stations: in Malaysia, the station would be in Bandar Malaysia, and it will end in Singapore, in Jurong East.
Today, the main challenge for the project is how to distribute the costs: 95% of the route goes through Malaysia, which wants the budget to be spread more evenly.
The initial objective was that the project was completed in 2020, but certainly this deadline will be extended.
Although initially a budget of 10,000 million euros was estimated, there are some conditions that could even double this amount, which will vary with the problems that engineers face for the construction of the track, possible restrictions on private credit, delays in obtaining land, shortages of labour and materials, consensus in the regulation of customs and passport control, deterioration of relations between Singapore and Malaysia and fiscal policy disagreements.
The construction of this project is agreed by the presidents of both countries, and thus was announced jointly by the two countries in February 2013. In addition, some aspects have been agreed by the parties but others are still missing, such as study track, line design and other technical specifications. Once determined these points, the next step is approval and then address funding issues that could be resolved in the second half of 2016.