If you reside near the Johor Bahru-Singapore Rapid Transit Link (RTS) tracks and noticed multiple trains running at higher speeds, you can be forgiven for wondering if operations had begun ahead of schedule.
Over the past few months, the RTS project team has been providing periodic milestone updates.
On Feb 5, a cross-border train demonstration run was successfully completed, with a train set making its way from the Wadi Hana depot to Woodlands North station.
Earlier on Boxing Day (Dec 26, 2025), the first train dynamic run was completed with the train making its way uneventfully to the border between Singapore and Malaysia.
The multi-train runs at higher speeds come just after Singapore’s and Malaysia’s transport ministers conducted a joint visit to Woodlands North station on Wednesday (April 22).
A video posted by Singapore’s Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow shows what appears to be automated immigration gates installed, switched on and possibly undergoing tests.
