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View all search resultsPlanned LRT Jakarta route change meets resistance
The city submitted a proposal to reroute the line to Velodrome-Halim in September. The proposed route appears to have stops in Klender, Pondok Bambu and Halim, all in East Jakarta.
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he Jakarta administration is planning to alter the route of its first light rail transit (LRT) corridor, as city councilors, who were left out of the discussions, raise concerns that the decision was too hasty.
The corridor will stretch from Kelapa Gading in North Jakarta to Dukuh Atas in Central Jakarta, in accordance with the 2018 to 2019 Greater Jakarta Transportation Master Plan established by Presidential Regulation No. 55/2018.
The first section of the route, which connects Kelapa Gading and the Jakarta International Velodrome in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, officially commenced operations on Dec. 1, 2019.
Since then, the city administration has been preparing for the expansion of the line from Velodrome to Manggarai in South Jakarta.
However, the city submitted a proposal to reroute the line to Velodrome-Halim in September. The proposed route appears to have stops in Klender, Pondok Bambu and Halim, all in East Jakarta.
Jakarta Transportation Agency head Syafrin Liputo said the proposed route sought to accommodate the government’s plan to develop Manggarai Station into a long-distance railway hub by 2022 and reduce potential crowding and other complexities that came with construction at the station.
“The ministry previously decided that Manggarai Station would be a transport hub for intercity trains. As such, we needed to shift the initial Velodrome-Manggarai route more to the east,” Syafrin told reporters last week.
