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President Joko Widodo was expected to announce the winning bid of Indonesia's first high-speed rail project in early September 2015. However, on 3 September 2015, the Indonesian government announced that it had cancelled the high-speed rail project, and was now favouring the slower and cheaper rail alternative. [36]
The Jakarta-Bandung and Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed rail is the first high-speed railway project in South East Asia. The railway connects Jakarta , the country's capital and largest city, with Bandung , the capital of West Java , with a total length of nearly 142.3 kilometres.
Proposed high-speed railway in Java, Indonesia. To start construction, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) passed Presidential Regulation no. 3 of 2016 as a National Strategic Project. [1] [11] On 21 January 2016, Jokowi laid the first stone for construction in the Walini Tea Plantation area owned by PTPN VIII. The estimated financing for the construction ...
Indonesia is launching Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will cut travel time between the capital and another ...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday inaugurated a $7.3 billion high-speed railway connecting the country's capital with the city of Bandung, a China-backed project that has been marred with ...
Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a test ride Wednesday on Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative. The $7.3 billion ...
In recent years, Indonesia has been undergoing a revival in railway expansion and upgrades. The high-speed rail corridors have been proposed but not implemented yet, since it was deemed too costly. In April 2015, China had entered the race with a counter-offer to build the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail in Indonesia. [74]
Some observers, however, doubt its commercial benefit as the project has been beset with delays and increasing costs. Indonesia launches Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway with speeds of ...