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South Java double track railway should be built: Boediono
Vice President Boediono has called on the next government to set up a southern Java double track railway network in a bid to further decrease road congestion and traffic accidents
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ice President Boediono has called on the next government to set up a southern Java double track railway network in a bid to further decrease road congestion and traffic accidents.
"We will get a lot of benefits if we can establish a southern Java railway because Java is the center of logistics in the country," Boediono said in Bojonegoro, East Java, on Friday, as quoted by Antara news agency.
He also said that the railway would help reduce the use of fuel for vehicles.
Currently, the government is finishing a 727-kilometer double track railway project across the northern part of Java that would connect Jakarta and Surabaya, East Java, the island's two economic and business centers.
"There are a few locations that are yet to finish, but we are speeding up," he added.
He said the movement of both people and goods across Java was still done mainly by road transportation, which was around 80 percent, leaving the remaining 20 percent to air, sea and rail. (nfo)
