The new Jakarta-Bandung train might use high-speed train technology from China
The much anticipated Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train project, which could take passengers from the capital to Paris van Java in around half-an-hour, may become a reality sooner than you’d think.
“The president would like it groundbreaking was already done in August,” Coordinating Minister for the Economy Sofyan Djalil told Republika Online after attending a cabinet meeting at the Presidential Office today.
However, the government has still not decided whether to use high-speed train technology from Japan or China, both of which have shown interest in backing the project.
Sofyan said the government would decide the matter by holding a “beauty contest” in which an independent third-party consultant would judge both countries offers and assess which had the most favorable terms and which had the right technology for Indonesia’s needs.
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