JAKARTA, Oct 14 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, observed the comprehensive inspection of train, parked at the Tegallur station, and listened to the report on the overall construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) project.
The Tegallur station is the last station of the Jakarta-Bandung HSR, located in Bandung, the capital of Indonesia’s West Java province, with a floor area of 15,268 square metres and a maximum gathering capacity of 1,500 people and peak hourly capacity of 3,200 people.
Widodo said, the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung HSR is progressing smoothly. The participating parties have made painstaking efforts to overcome complex geological, epidemic and other difficulties, to advance the construction with high quality, as planned.
He added, the project will speed up and improve mobility of people and goods, enhance Indonesia’s overall competitiveness, and new points of economic growth will emerge in Jakarta and Bandung.
During the upcoming Group of 20 (G20) summit, the results of the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung HSR will be presented, further reflecting the excellent cooperation between the governments of Indonesia and China.
At present, all 13 tunnels along the railway are completed. Over 92 percent of the subgrade, bridge and station civil works have been completed. One high-speed electric passenger train and one inspection train, tailored for this project, arrived in Indonesia on Sept 1.
With a design speed of 350 km per hour, the Jakarta-Bandung HSR, built with Chinese technology, will cut the journey time between Jakarta and Bandung, from over three hours to around 40 minutes.– NNN-ANTARA
