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On the right track: MRT line to expand to South Tangerang
MRT Jakarta president director William Sabandar confirmed there was a master plan to extend the MRT line to 230 kilometers by 2030.
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Several MRT trains are parked at a depot in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta in March. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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he central government has put forward a plan to expand the MRT Jakarta line to reach Rawa Buntu in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten, some 27 kilometers from Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, where the MRT’s first station and depot are located.
The expansion is important to accommodate the increasing number of people entering Jakarta from its satellite cities, including South Tangerang, according to Greater Jakarta Transportation Agency (BPTJ) facilities director Edi Nursalam.
The BPTJ recorded 88 millions of people moved around Greater Jakarta daily in 2018.
That number is far higher compared to the number in 2014, when 2.4 million people commuted every day from Jakarta satellite cities Bekasi and Depok in West Java and South Tangerang, according data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS).
Today, around 1.6 million people live in South Tangerang and many of them work in Jakarta
“We plan to expand the MRT line from Lebak Bulus, as it is close to South Tangerang. MRT Jakarta has also conducted a feasibility study on the plan to expand [the MRT line] from Lebak Bulus to Rawa Buntu via Pondok Cabe,” Edi said on Monday.
He said the BPTJ was conducted further studies on the possibility of a government-to-business cooperation scheme for the MRT in South Tangerang.
