MALAYSIA: Sarawak Economic Development Corp subsidiary Sarawak Metro has selected a joint venture of EPR (Kuching), Global Rail and Mobilus for the Kuching Urban Transportation System Package 1 contract, which covers the supply of rubber-tyred hydrogen-powered Autonomous Rapid Transit vehicles, depot equipment, maintenance vehicles, platform gates and signalling and control systems.
The tender attracted one other bidder.
KUTS services are scheduled to be launched in stages from Q4 2025. Phase 1 to be completed by 2027 includes the 28 km Samarahan Line from Rembus to the city centre, and the 24 km Serian Line from Batu 12 to the Isthmus, with a total of 27 stops.
Sarawak Metro Chairman Dr Abdul Aziz Bin Dato Haji Husain said the award of the contract marks a significant milestone in the ‘noble project’ to modernise Sarawak’s public transport system in an environmentally sustainable way.
‘The development of the KUTS Project will be a game-changer, not only in modernising public transport, but also in improving both the socio-economic and social mobility of the people, particularly in Kuching and the nearby towns and Sarawak Metro is committed in seeing the success of this project’, he said.
