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Kelapa Gading-Velodrome LRT route set to open Aug. 10

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, July 16, 2018

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Kelapa Gading-Velodrome LRT route set to open Aug. 10 An LRT car is put on to railway tracks in Kelapa Gading Depot, North Jakarta, early on Sunday. With all 16 cars for the Kelapa Gading-Velodrome, East Jakarta, route having arrived in Jakarta, Jakpro plans to open the route on Aug. 10. (Antara via kompas.com/Hafidz Mubarak A)

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ity-owned developer PT Jakarta Propoertindo (Jakpro) will open Light Rail Transit (LRT) Corridor 1 on Aug. 10. The route connects Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta to Velodrome, East Jakarta.

“Jakpro and Wika [state-owned construction company and main contractor of the project] and the Transportation Ministry’s Railway Directorate General have agreed to begin the LRT’s operation on Aug. 10,” said Jakpro executive director Dwi Wagyu Daryoto, as quoted by kompas.com on Sunday.

Jakpro and the Transportation Ministry are currently speeding up the construction of additional facilities and the certification proceedings.

“We’re finishing the LRT’s facilities such as escalators and elevators,” Dwi added.

“Wika said the construction will be completed on July 31, although the Transportation Ministry said that we don’t need to rush because we have to ensure safety.”

However, Dwi said the company had yet to decide the LRT’s ticket price. (vla)

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