Jabodetabek LRT Tickets And Fast Trains Will Be Subsidized By The Government

Illustration of LRT (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ensured that the tickets for the Jabodebek LRT train, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train, the MRT, and a number of other modes of transportation would be subsidized by the government. "There is a subsidy, whether it's called the airport train, whether it's Transjakarta, KRL, whether it's called the train, whether it's called the LRT, whether it's called the fast train, everything must have its subsidies," said Jokowi at Dukuh Atas Station, Jakarta, quoted by ANTARA Thursday, August 10.Jokowi on that occasion tried the Jabodebek Lintas Bekasi LRT train from Jatimulya Station, Bekasi, West Java to Dukuh Atas Station, Jakarta. The president said the subsidy would be given through Public Service Obligation (PSO). The provision of such subsidies in order to ease the ticket price of transportation modes charged to consumers. That way, Jokowi hopes that people can move to mass transportation from the use of private vehicles. President Jokowi explained that due to the massive use of private vehicles, congestion in Jabodetabek and Bandung is getting worse. "Our loss per year is almost Rp100 trillion due to congestion in Jabodetabek and Bandung," he said. According to him, the congestion must be addressed immediately because it has harmed the Jabodetabek and Bandung economy significantly. The government made a number of efforts to overcome the congestion, among others, by providing subsidies so that mass transportation mode tickets are affordable... That there must be a subsidy, state obligations. because this is a form of service to the community, "he said.

The Head of State explained that the Jabodebek LRT train will be inaugurated on August 26, 2023, while the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train will be tested again in September 2023.," he said.