The Finance Ministry has said land acquisition for the 140-kilometer Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train will be completed next month, after it had appraised the value of the land. The infrastructure project, which broke ground in a January 2016 ceremony led by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, has met with long delays caused by difficulties in acquiring land....

The Indonesian government will operate 13 new railway routes, which are currently being constructed, including several airport railway services. The Transportation Ministry’s railway director general, Zulfikri, said in Jakarta on Monday  his office would be optimal in its use of the Rp 17.7 trillion (US$1.33 billion) to complete the projects, whose construction had started several...

Menteri Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional/Kepala Bappenas, Bambang Brodjonegoro menyatakan bahwa proyek sarana kereta api merupakan salah satu sasaran investasi infrastruktur konektivitas yang potensial saat ini. Menurut dia, pengembangan transportasi kereta api akan menjadi fokus pemerintah untuk mengatasi kemacetan di kota-kota besar. Sebab, kereta memiliki jalur khusus dan kapasitas angkut besar. Karena itu, ia menyarankan para investor...

MADIUN – Industri kereta api nasional terus memacu penggunaan tingkat komponen dalam negeri (TKDN), seperti pada proyek pembuatan kereta ringan LRT Jabodebek yang ditargetkan bisa lebih dari 65 persen pada tahun 2019. Upaya ini dilakukan melalui sinergi antara BUMN dengan pemangku kepentingan terkait seperti pihak swasta, industri penunjang, serta industri kecil dan menengah (IKM). “Dengan...

The government will close about 1,000 railway crossings from Jakarta to Surabaya to make way for the medium-speed rail project connecting Jakarta with Surabaya, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has said.