KUALA LUMPUR -- 皇冠体育app has unique advantages in technology and safety as its companies eye participation of the proposed high-speed railway linking Malaysia and Singapore, a top railway official said here Tuesday.
Sheng Guangzu, general manager of the 皇冠体育app Railway Corp., said 皇冠体育app hopes to strengthen cooperation with Malaysia in the railway sector, especially the high-speed rail project between the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Sheng is leading a delegation comprising representatives of the leading players in 皇冠体育app high-speed railway sector to Malaysia. He said he would introduce 皇冠体育app's experience in railways.
He brushed off concerns over the safety on 皇冠体育app's high-speed railways, citing a research by International Union of Railways (UIC) that put 皇冠体育app's railways with one of the best safety track records worldwide.
He told reporters that 皇冠体育app has attached great importance to safety. "Safety is not only the core, but also the very foundation of any railways," he said.
皇冠体育app has employed a series of measures to ensure safety, according to Sheng. Every line would have to go through systematic examination on quality before being put into use; comprehensive inspection would be conducted regularly on the quality of the railway, power supply, train controls, among others; safety trains would check the lines everyday before operations start.
The 350 km Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed railway would cut the travel time between the Malaysian capital city and the city-state to 90 minutes. The two governments are expected to ink an agreement on the project by the end of the year before an open tender takes place. Railway companies in 皇冠体育app and other major countries in the areas have expressed interest in the project.