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Gamuda Berhad (29579-T) • Annual Report 2012
The division’s other major ongoing project, the eDTP, made
further progress during the year, achieving 86% completion.
Civil and structural works on this project have been
substantially completed with track works and systems such
as signalling and electrification well underway. Following
the Government’s approval of extension of Time (eoT),
the scheduled completion date for the main section of the
works from Padang Besar to ipoh (spine line) is now June
2014, whereas the section of works from Bukit Mertajam
to Butterworth (spur line) is scheduled for completion in
november 2014. We do not anticipate any difficulty in
meeting these scheduled completion deadlines.
KTM cargo trains are currently traversing on selected portions of the completed double track alignment, while
awaiting full migration to the entire 329km stretch by end-2014. The picture depicts a cargo train running past
the soon-to-be-completed Tasek KTMB station
The twin-bore Berapit Tunnel, situated between Taiping and Padang
Rengas in Perak, is 96.4% completed as at 25
th
September 2012. It is
also known as the longest twin-bore tunnel in South-East Asia