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Five MRT stations to be integrated with Transjakarta bus stops
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Herculean task - Men work on a section of the Lebak Bulus mass rapid transit station in South Jakarta on Feb. 1. The MRT network is expected to be completed by 2019. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
PT MRT Jakarta has plans to integrate five of its 13 commuter train stations with the bus stops of city-owned company Transjakarta.
The MRT stations are located at Lebak Bulus, Blok A, Sisingamangaraja and Dukuh Atas in South Jakarta, as well as at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta.
“We have coordinated this with PT Transjakarta and the plan is feasible,” PT MRT Jakarta project manager Heru Nugroho said on Wednesday.
(Read also: MRT Jakarta: Digging the city)
The city's first MRT is expected to carry nearly 200,000 passengers per day. It is therefore expected to effectively reduce congestion in the capital.
The MRT was initially scheduled to be in operation by 2018 but the project has been hampered by land acquisition issues. The MRT is now expected to open in March 2019. (dmr)
