SINGAPORE – Raffles Country Club (RCC) will be the site for the upcoming Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR), the Cross Island Line’s western depot and other transport related needs, according to the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Singapore Land Authority (SLA) today (Jan 4).
On the club’s website, an announcement was made today (Jan 4), stating that the land the club currently occupies must be made vacant by July 31, 2018 and it will be acquired by the Singapore government in preparation for the HSR.
The announcement also read: “We would like to assure you that the Club has been contacted by the relevant Government agencies and we will provide members with a more detailed update in due course.”
In a joint statement released on Wednesday (Jan 4), LTA and SLA said that the RCC site is the “most suitable location” to run the HSR tracks after the bridge crossing and to place the tunnel portal leading to the underground tunnels that would take the HSR to the Jurong East terminus.
The site will also be used for HSR crossover tracks and a siding facility to temporarily house a train near the border for safety or operational reasons, the statement said.
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The RCC site may be used for train testing facilities. Further details of the projects will be given after detailed feasibility and engineering studies.
stephluo@sph.com.sg
