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"......sebab takkanlah kereta api ini terlalu pantas hingga tak perlu jambatan untuk seberang Selat Johor....."

What a sensible statement by a MP!!

Great.:):):)

Oh for heaven's sake, just build the bullet train. It will probabaly use different route than KTM as it requires straight tracks, probably through KLIA and new bridge across the causeway, all at YTL's expense (except maybe for land acquisition). I hope it stops at a station with MRT connections in singapore.
In China, they have the bullet train built between beijing and shanghai without a second thought.It is normal for countries to have high speed trains. Taiwan has one, Japan built their forty years ago, Korea used french TGV between Seoul and Pusan.
WE NEED THE DAMNED HIGH SPEED RAIL NOW.

It looks like ABC simply took the wire report - they ought to have waited for independent confirmation as international broadcasters normally require two reliable sources. Just running a story as a pick up from the NST - albeit attributed - is a bit lazy. No quotes, no sourcing....and AFP were unable to get a comment from YTL. Could do better.

The multi-media in Australia is run by a set of idiots who dance to the whims & fancies of the Liberal party. The Press in Malaysia is much better in terms of reporting - atleast u get some kind of news & not photos of some half nude celebrity. Hence ABC radio is just one of them in the league - they thrive on rumours.

I think Inter City Express will be a better system and more practical, compare to bullet train.

I am curious to know YTL's real motive in doing this stuff.

Train is one thing, but the railtrack is an important aspect as well.

Oftentimes the NST are privy and fed with advanced info and this “bullet-train” info is no exception. Probably the Transport Minister is MC2 (Moong cha cha – clueless) to the intense lobbying behind the scene for this project when he said “no decision yet”. This is not surprising as when the project was first touted in July 2006, the Transport Ministry was also unawared of the proposal. The outsider Saujana Beta & Golden Land is still hoping.
Bernama’s report of Datuk Shahrirs comment titled “Projek Pembangunan Mana Lebih Penting?” can only be found in the Bahasa version. There is NO English version. Their news content is deliberately targeted at specific audience.
The proposed YTL bullet train is said to model after the Japan–Taiwan [very similar 345 km compared to KL Sentral-Singapore 325 km] one and it looks like Shinkansen, or bullet train technology for the Taipei-Kaohsiung route recently opened in January 2007, delayed from 2003. In Taiwan, people still had reservations about the system and concerns raised over safety issues as there were two minor derailments during test runs. The media there played a pivotal role and being blamed for lack of confidence using it.
Whatever, the project should go to the best proposal and at the lower cost even though it is privately finance so as to ensure the fares to be charged can be at the most economical and practical for travelers. More details at:
http://powerpresent.blogspot.com/2007/03/ytl-bullet-train-kl-singapore-proposal.html

I think YTL can build a railway bridge, as I believe Singapore would have no problem approving the bridge construction if the link is only KL - Singapore and not KL - Johore - Singapore.

Hei, if a proposal such as this one could bring benefit to the socio-economic of both countries, why the wait???

YTL is the obvious rent-seeker here, only this time its from the MCAputra(?) faction.

With the Keretapi Tanah Melayu landbank in Singapore sure to flow into its basket, who would need crutches?

The rakyat is being screwed again for the benefits of few.

Pak Lah, its time to wake up and the Al-Ghazali you are looking for, is right infront of your eyes.

Erm... Edchew,

Maybe they are still under discussion of "personal socio-economic" part. The one you mentioned might have to wait.

KTM can keep their landbanks. YTL's proposal is probably for an entirely new tracks and new bridge to singapore.
Even the new mnorail, which is currently proposed and tendered out for JB, will have connection to SMRT (Singapore's MRT). These connections are overdue by decades because one man decided against working too closely with our southern neighbour (It was first proposed in early 1990's). In the first proposal, SMRT proposed tha their tracks be connected to JB from woodlands.

JEFF OOI says: Sources please. Bloggers/commenters have been called liars once too often.

Airplane is the cheapest way to get from point A to point B that is far away.