MRT Jakarta has awarded Sumitomo Corporation and Nippon Sharyo a contract worth around Yen 13bn ($US 1bn) to supply 16 trains for Indonesia's first metro line.
FOUR Indonesian banks have agreed to lend the country's national railway PT Kereta Api Rupiahs 2.38 trillion ($US 195.5m) to help increase capacity on the Jabodetabek commuter rail network serving Jakarta and neighbouring cities.
Operations will begin next month on the enhanced 727km corridor from Jakarta to Surabaya following the completion of a 465.5km track-doubling project.
A variety of transit projects are proposed for the Jakarta metropolitan area and other cities in Indonesia which will aid the fight against traffic congestion while improving cross-city connectivity. Kevin Smith examines the schemes.
The Indonesian government is pushing ahead with a $US 468bn infrastructure investment plan intended to facilitate the country's rise to the world's top economic table. However, the suitability of the private investment model touted by the government to deliver these projects remains in question, as Kevin Smith discovered during a visit to Java.
THE governor of Jakarta, Mr Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, officiated at Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) ground breaking ceremony on October 10 to mark the start of construction of the first metro line in the Indonesian capital.
MRT Jakarta has awarded the final civil works contracts for the Indonesian capital's first metro line allowing construction to start next month.
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.
