Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System

Johor Bahru–Singapore
RTS Link
Connecting viaducts in the Johor Strait under construction in May 2024
Overview
Native nameSistem Transit Aliran Johor Bahru–Singapura (Malay)
新柔捷运系统 (Chinese)
ஜொகூர் பாரு-சிங்கப்பூர் விரைவுப் போக்குவரத்து அமைப்பு (Tamil)
StatusUnder construction; 90% completed
OwnerInfraCo Malaysia
InfraCo Singapore
LocaleJohor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Woodlands, North Region, Singapore
Termini
Stations2
Service
TypeCross-border rapid transit
SystemRapid transit
Services1
Operator(s)RTS Operations Pte Ltd (Prasarana–SMRT Corporation joint venture (JV)
30 years concession period
Depot(s)Wadi Hana, Johor Bahru
Rolling stockCRRC Zhuzhou LRV – 8 four-car trainsets
Car length:
19.22 m (63 ft 3⁄4 in) (Front/End)
18.80 m (61 ft 8+1⁄8 in) (Middle)
Width: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in) – narrow profile
Length: 76.04 m (249.5 ft)
Doors: 6 per car, 3 per side
History
Planned opening1 January 2027 (2027-01-01)
Technical
Line length4.0 km (2.5 mi) of which
 • 2.3 km (1.4 mi) is in Malaysia
 • 1.7 km (1.1 mi) is in Singapore
Number of tracks2
CharacterElevated & underground
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

Keretapi Tanah Melayu
KTM Intercity KTM ETS  1   2 
Wadi Hana Depot
 RTS 
Bukit Chagar
 ART 
Keretapi Tanah Melayu
KTM Intercity KTM ETS  1   ART 
Keretapi Tanah Melayu
KTM Intercity
 RTS 
Woodlands North
 TE1 

Co-located CIQ

The Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link is an upcoming 4 km (2.5 mi) long, twin-track rapid transit system crossing the Strait of Johor between Malaysia and Singapore. It will link Johor Bahru, Malaysia, at Bukit Chagar station, with the Singapore MRT at Woodlands North station in Woodlands. Operations are targeted to begin from January 2027. It is expected to serve 40,000 passengers daily at launch, with long-term plans to serve about 140,000 daily.

Both of the line's stations will house customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) facilities for both countries, independent from the existing CIQs at the Sultan Iskandar Building and Woodlands Checkpoint.

When completed, the RTS Link is expected to replace the KTM Shuttle Tebrau service between JB Sentral and Woodlands Train Checkpoint stations by June 2027; however, the Malaysian government has expressed its intention to maintain the KTM service to the Singaporean government. On the Johor side, it is Malaysia's first LRT system outside the Klang Valley, and is expected to be part of a planned comprehensive integrated network.