Experts from China hope Malaysia can complete the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project quickly and become the second country in Southeast Asia to acquire high-speed trains after Indonesia.

Beijing-based Centre for China and Globalisation vice-president Victor Gao said apart from an earlier completion, it was also possible for the ECRL train speed to be increased from 160kph to 351kph.

“Hopefully, it (ECRL train) will be...