{"id":12459,"date":"2025-11-18T05:07:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12459"},"modified":"2025-11-18T05:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T21:07:44","slug":"first-rts-train-arrives-for-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12459","title":{"rendered":"First RTS train arrives for testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-body\">\n                <!-- Content data --><\/p>\n<p>JOHOR BARU: The RTS Link Johor Baru-Singapore project reached a critical milestone as Train Set 02 became the first unit to be successfully positioned at the Wadi Hana Depot for testing and commissioning.<\/p>\n<p>The four-car train set departed the CRRC Rolling Stock Centre in Batu Gajah, Perak, on Nov 12 and completed its 541km journey at approximately 70km\/h, arriving at the depot at midnight yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>RTS Operations Pte Ltd (RTSO) chief executive officer Dr Ahmad Marzuki Ariffin said the entire transport operation was meticulously planned, taking into account safety, traffic and weather factors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe delivery of this train marks the project\u2019s transition into the pre-operational phase, involving various system tests and integration activities to ensure the train and its infrastructure function flawlessly and comply with safety standards,\u201d he told Bernama yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>He said a total of eight train sets, each comprising four coaches, will eventually operate the RTS Link service connecting Johor Baru and Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>In the first stage, four train sets will be delivered and based at the Wadi Hana Depot, which serves as the central maintenance facility and operational hub.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining four sets are scheduled to arrive in phases by December.<\/p>\n<p>The four-kilometre RTS project, linking Bukit Chagar in Johor Baru to Woodlands North in Singapore, is expected to be completed in December 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2025\/11\/16\/first-rts-train-arrives-for-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHOR BARU: The RTS Link Johor Baru-Singapore project reached a critical milestone as Train Set 02 became the first unit to be successfully positioned at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}