Jakarta Bandung High Speed Railway
Date:6/5/2018 5:43:26 PM
On March 2018, Linzhou Changda Railway Material Co., Ltd. (CDR) supplied 8000 pcs of fishplates and fishbolts to the Jakarta Bandung High Speed Railway as the country’s first fast-train rail link which is the symbolic project constructed by China and Indonesia jointly under One Belt & One Road Initiative.
The Jakarta Bandung High Speed Railway will connect the national capital Jakarta with Bandung in neighboring West Java province, covering a distance of around 140 kilometres, and The proposed rail link will be 150km long, with approximate train speed estimated to be between 200km/h and 250km/h. Daily passenger flow on the rail link is expected to be 44,000 on average, with this number increasing in later years.
The project is expected to generate 40,000 jobs a year during construction, creating a positive economic impact.
Associated industries such as smelting, manufacturing, infrastructure, power generation, electronics, services and logistics will also receive a boost, thus leading to a balanced growth in all sectors.
Stations and their surrounding areas will experience an increase in activity and development, which will result in new opportunities for the real estate sector. Urban and rural areas along the route will also experience balanced development.
