 On 27 October 2015, the public display exercise, required for all development of new railways under Section 84 of Malaysia's Land Public Transport Act 2010, for the Gemas-Johor Bahru Electrification Double Tracking Project began and will run until 27 January 2016.According to documents on display to the public, construction is expected to begin in 2016 and be completed in 2021.The Chinese company CRCC has been awarded to build the Gemas-Johor Bahru Electrification and Double-Tracking project.