JAKARTA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) — Half of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) project is targeted to be built this year, an executive of HSR Indonesian contractor said on Friday.
The 142.3-km Jakarta-Bandung HSR project is carried out by KCIC, a joint venture of China-Indonesia state firms.
The project is scheduled to be completed in late 2020 and will be ready for public service in March 2021 after several months of testing period.
With a speed of 350 km per hour, the HSR train will transport passengers between the two cities within 36 minutes.