Central Government through the Directorate General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation has made a master plan for Greater Jakarta network railways to 2020. Some of the new areas that were previously not connected by train; it will be connected by rail transit network. Taken from the website of the Ministry of Transportation, the…
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KAI to Build @CommuterLine Railways from Batu Ceper to SHIA
PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) and the Ministry of Transportation already sign agreement to work together to build @CommuterLine railways to SHIA. The company will continue the development of railways infrastructure from Batu Ceper stations to SHIA along 13 kilometers. Herman Dwiatmoko , Director General of Railways of MoT, targeting the construction of airport railways…
No Longer than 40 minute for @CommuterLine to SHIA Airport
Ministry of Transportation (MoT) gave a special message for PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI). MoT demanded the company to meet the target for maximum travel time between Manggarai Station to SHIA Station is 40 minutes. Herman Dwiatmoko, Director General of Railways, said that the airport railways is very urgent considering the the current traffic conditions….
Jakarta to Contribute Financing the Loop Line Elevated Railway.
After the fatal railroad crossing collision happened on December 2013 at Pondok Betung, Bintaro, Jakarta. The Jakarta administration will go ahead with a tabled plan to build underpasses and overpasses at several dangerous crossings across the capital. Previously, the city administration also had a plan to construct seven overpasses and three underpasses to reduce traffic…
Green Line’s endpoint will be at Rangkasbitung in 2016
The construction of double track and electrification of railways from Maja to Rangkasbitung along 17 km will be continued next year with a budget of Rp270 billion so Commuter Line can end its journey at Rangkasbitung in 2016 . Head of Public Relations of the Directorate General Railways of the Ministry of Transportation, Muhartono, said…
Government to Build Express Railways from Halim Perdanakusumah to SHIA
Hanggoro Budi Wiryawan, Director of Traffic and Railways of the Ministry of Transportation, said the government will soon to implement the auction phase of the construction of the Express Train Railways service from Halim Perdanakusumah Airport – Soekarno Hatta International Airport. The pre-qualification tender will be conducted around April. Construction of the express train railways…
2014: Ministry of Transportation to build Rp700 Billion Elevated Loop Line Railways Project
The Ministry of Transportation in 2014 will begin to build loop line railways or circular railways for commuter line in Jakarta. The elevated trains were built to eliminate train crossing in the capital city. Bambang Susantono, Deputy Minister of Transportation, said is needs a lot of debate between using of elevated loop line railways or…
Jonan: April 2014, 180 used train cars from Japan could be operated
Ignasius Jonan, President Director of PT KAI, said that the company will operate the 180 used train cars from Japan to operate in April 2014. The arrival of 20 train cars from Japan on 4/12/2013 is the arrival of the third stage in the procurement of 180 units of train cars. PT KAI hope that…
In 2015, from Bekasi to Kuningan only need 39 minutes with Monorail
PT Adhi Karya (Persero) Tbk expects the presidential decree for for construction of the Jakarta monorail (East Bekasi – Cawang , Cibubur – Cawang , Cawang – Kuningan and Kuningan – Palmerah) is ready next year. Kiswodarmawan, Director of Adhi Karya said that there has been no legal protection for Jakarta Monorail. Kiswodarmawan added, if…
Ministry of Transportation: Railways to Soekarno – Hatta International Airport should be completed next year
Ministry of Transportation urges PT KAI to complete the railways construction to SHIA from Tangerang. The ministry hopes that the project should be completed by the end of next year. Bambang Ervan, Director of Public Communication of the Ministry of Transportation said that the ministry is has prepare the double track railways from Tanah Abang…
Ministry of Transportation agreed to provide subsidies for @CommuterLine on July
Hanggoro Budi Wiryawan, Director General of Traffic and Railways of the Ministry of Transportation said that the Ministry of Transportation will provide subsidies to all passengers of Commuter Line for Rp. 4000/passenger. The Ministry of Transportation is now requesting additional subsidy of Rp 387 billion to the Ministry of Finance. If approved, the subsidy could…
Goverment to Speed Up Double Track Construction in Green Line
Ministry of Transportation sait the double track from Serpong to Maja could be completed by the end of this year. Construction of double track is expected to increase rail traffic capacity, from 101 trips to 128 trips per day. Double track with a length of 33 kilometers, need budget up to Rp1, 2 trillion, which…
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