It is a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.
South-east Asia’s first high-speed railway was launched on Monday as it is set to begin commercial operations.
“The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train marks the modernisation of our mass transportation, which is efficient and environmentally friendly,” Mr Widodo said.“Our courage to try new things gives us confidence and the opportunity to learn and will be very useful for the future, making our human resources more advanced and our nation more independent,” he added.
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, the co-ordinating minister for maritime and investment, said China Railway has agreed to transfer its technology to Indonesia so that in the future the country’s high-speed trains can be made domestically. Passengers going to Bandung city centre need to take a feeder train from the Padalarang station that will add a further 20 minutes, with an estimated cost of about 50,000 rupiah .
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