Construction of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project has now gone past the 40% completion mark, according to Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) CEO Datuk Seri Darwis Abdul Razak. “Construction work for the entire 665 km ECRL line from Kota Baru of Kelantan to Port Klang in Selangor is at a progress level of 40.81%,” he said last weekend.
In his latest progress update, he said the construction of the 275km-long alignment in Terengganu, which is the longest compared to those in Kelantan, Pahang and Selangor, has reached 55.2% and is on schedule to meet its December 2026 completion date.
Meanwhile, construction has reached the 51.94% mark in Kelantan. Based on this progress, he said that the alignment – which covers 43.86 km of the entire route – is also expected to be completed according to schedule by end-2026, as