City-owned PT LRT Jakarta president director Wijanarko said that starting December passengers would be required to pay Rp 5,000 (35 US cents) per trip, the fare that had been set by the city administration and city council in March.
fter a five-month trial run, the first phase of the LRT Jakarta, which runs from Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta to Velodrome in East Jakarta, will commence commercial operations on Dec. 1, although analysts have cast doubts on its significance in alleviating traffic congestion.
City-owned PT LRT Jakarta president director Wijanarko said that starting December passengers would be required to pay Rp 5,000 (35 US cents) per trip, the fare that had been set by the city administration and city council in March.
The operational hours will remain the same as in the trial runs, 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
“We have also equipped our stations with bicycle parking facilities. Hopefully, all this can provide comfort to the community and convenience for prospective passengers,” said Wijanarko at the Velodrome LRT Station on Thursday.
The construction project began in September 2015 and was initially expected to be ready by early 2018, in time for the Asian Games. However, because of funding and land-acquisition issues, it failed to meet the deadline.
The other LRT stations on the 5.8-kilometer-long route are Equestrian and Pulomas in East Jakarta and South Boulevard, North Boulevard and Pengangsaan Dua in North Jakarta.
The travel time from Velodrome to Pegangsaan Dua Station will be about 13 minutes with train speeds of 55 kilometers per hour with a gap between train arrivals of 10 minutes.
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