A ceremony was held at the headquarters of Mass Rapid Transit Jakarta on June 11 to mark the signing if the first three civil works contracts for the initial 15.2km phase of the city's metro network.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in central Jakarta on May 2 to mark the official launch of construction on the city's first metro line.
JAKARTA's long-abandoned monorail project, which left rows of supporting pillars in Senayan in Central Jakarta and Kuningen in the south of the city, could be set for a revival following a fresh injection of funds from Ortus, Singapore.
TWO consortia consisting of Indonesian state-owned and Japanese companies are in the running for construction of the underground section of Jakarta's first metro line.
The Ministry of Transport has appointed Japan Railway Technical Service (Jarts) and Yachiyo Engineering to conduct a pre-feasibility study for a public-private partnership scheme to build a 144km 210km/h line between Jakarta and Bandung.
Trains using the existing 1067mm-gauge line take around 3 hours to complete the 173km trip.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan for the construction of a $US 2.4bn railway, according to provincial governor Mr Awang Faroek.
AFTER several false starts and cancellations, construction will finally begin this October on Jakarta's first metro line, according to the city's governor Mr Fauzi Bowo.
