KOTA BARU: The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project in Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang and Selangor is 64.01 per cent completed as of March.
Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) chief executive office Datuk Seri Darwis Abdul Razak said to date, the construction work on the ECRL in Kelantan was 78.03 per cent complete.
Based on this progress, Darwis said he was confident that the project would be fully completed in December 2026.
"We are confident that the ECRL will be operational after we celebrate two more Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
"This project is a success and can be carried out according to its schedule due to the cooperation of all quarters," he said, at ECRL's Hari Raya Aidilfitri open house event here today.
Present was Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud.
Darwis said the 665km-long ECRL was expected to link Kota Baru to the Gombak Integrated Transport Terminal in four hours, compared with seven hours by road transport or some 12 hours or more during festive seasons.
He added that the project in Kelantan, which covers a 43km-long stretch, involved the construction of two stations, namely a passenger station in Kota Baru and a passenger and cargo station in Pasir Puteh.