ECRL Genting Tunnel excavation scheduled to complete by Q2 2025

Excavation works on the Genting Tunnel portion of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), spanning 16.39km through the Titiwangsa Range, ar scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2025, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

He said the Genting Tunnel would be the first ECRL tunnel to use the tunnel boring machine method compared to the drilling and blasting methods used in other tunnels. Works on the first tunnel started last June and the second three months later. 

“So far, excavation works of...