KUALA LUMPUR: The government is set to build a railway line spanning 600km from KL to Tumpat, Kelantan to rejuvenate development in the East Coast.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the project would be called the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL).
"This will spur a new wave of development to realise the socio-economic potential for the East Coast," he said.
The ECRL, he said, has been identified as a high-impact project which would serve as the backbone transport infrastructure for the ECER (East Coast Economic Region).
Najib was speaking at the launch of the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) symposium on land public transport here today.