The KL-SG High Speed Rail provides an alternative travel mode between Malaysia and Singapore consisting 7 stations in Malaysia and 1 station in Singapore with a total alignment length of ~350km. MyHSR incorporated under the Ministry of Finance is the project delivery vehicle for the Malaysia side.

The proposed Kuala Lumpur – Singapore High Speed Rail Project to connect the two cities, with high speed trains travelling at design speed of up to 350 km/hour , was first announced by the then Prime Minister of Malaysia and Singapore jointly on 19 February 2013. This project will be the first cross-border high speed rail in Southeast Asia and will be the fastest mode of travel between the city centres of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. MyHSR Corporation Sdn. Bhd. has been formed by the Malaysian Government to design, build, finance and maintain (DBFM) the civil infrastructures for the high speed rail within Malaysia.

MyHSR awarded six(6) Reference Design Consultancy (RDC) packages for the project on the Malaysia side. AECOM is supporting Jacobs Engineering Services Sdn Bhd on the Reference Design Package No. 2 (RDC2) which covers 5 Domestic Stations located in Putrajaya, Seremban, Melaka, Muar and Batu Pahat. AECOM services to Jacobs include Mechanical & Electrical engineering and Cost Estimation services.

AECOM has also been appointed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) of Singapore as the lead consultant to conduct the Advanced Engineering Study (AES) for the complete design of the Singapore stretch of the project.