Indonesia to conduct study on Bandung-Surabaya high-speed rail link: Coordinating Minister

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The soft launch of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail link is scheduled for August later this year to coincide with Indonesia’s Independence Day.

JAKARTA: Indonesia wants to conduct a preliminary study on a Bandung-Surabaya high-speed rail link connecting the country’s most populous island Java from west to east, Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investments Luhut Pandjaitan said on Thursday .

Mr Pandjaitan and Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi rode on the high-speed train from Bandung to Jakarta as it was tested for the first time at its projected speed of 350kmh during commuter travel.“Extraordinarily, 350kmh, and it was stable. It could run without us needing to hold on .” Indonesia, China agree to US$1.2 billion cost overrun for Southeast Asia’s first high-speed rail projectMr Sumadi said that all of the trains will be tested until the end of July so that they will be ready for a soft launch slated to be attended by President Joko Widodo in August.

Funded by China Development Bank, the high-speed railway project began in 2015 and was initially targeted to be completed in 2019.The project faced several delays due to problems such as land acquisition and COVID-19 health and movement restriction orders.in Indonesia in September last year, it was the first time high-speed trains made in China were exported to another country.

 

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