The new alignment is also expected to see its original RM66.8bil price tag reduced by one-third.
Announced in the middle of the Rantau polls campaign, news that the renegotiated East Coast Rail Link may be rerouted to Negeri Sembilan has courted criticism and scepticism that it is merely an election ploy.
This would entail the construction of a 17.8km tunnel from Bentong to Gombak which can prove to be costly.An alternative is to go around the Quartz Ridge through the south which will bring the ECRL alignment along the northern border of Negeri Sembilan before heading back into Selangor. Apart from avoiding costly tunnelling through the Quartz Ridge, other measures undertaken to reduce costs include going for single tracking instead of double tracking as well as ending the track in Kota Baru in Kelantan, thus dropping the Pengkalan Kubor and Wakaf Baru stations.
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