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View all search resultsThe Chinese ambassador to Indonesia has given an assurance that the recent deadly accident at the construction project of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (KCJB) is not a reflection of the safety of the future train service.
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) service is expected to see lower demand than initially projected. At its inception, the Jakarta-Bandung HSR was estimated to transport 60,000 passengers per day, but a new study conducted after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has cut the estimate by half. This means that the new railway services needs around 80 years to break even and start making a profit.
Already beset by a ballooning budget and missed deadlines, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project (KCJB) suffers another roadblock as a work train involved with the project careened off the railway, killed two foreign technical workers and injured several others on Sunday evening.
Years behind schedule, the high-speed railway link to connect Jakarta with Bandung is set for a trial this month in preparation for commercial operations planned to commence in June of next year. However, experts have not ruled out further delays.
KCIC is banking on its new president director, Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi, considered somewhat of a "Renaissance man" in railway services, to speed up the problem-addled Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway project toward a 2022 completion date.
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