Kemenhub: Jakarta-Bandung Fast Train Station Will Be Integrated With The Halim Area Of East Jakarta

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) revealed that the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train station and the LRT train station will be integrated in the Halim area, Jakarta. "Integrated there, including buses are also available," said Acting Director General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation Zulmafendi after reviewing the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail project in Tegal Luar, Bandung Regency, West Java, quoted from Antara, Thursday, October 13. According to him, this is an effort to realize intermodal integration. On the same occasion, President Director of PT KCIC Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi said that at the Fast Train Station located at Halim there was an LRT train station that was deliberately built for integration. "We really think about this, although in the short term it's not 100 percent ideal, but I'm sure even though the fast train station is out of town, we will make how to make it easy for people to use it," said Dwiyana. According to him, accessibility, seamlessness and intermodal integration are requirements. Previously, PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) was committed to completing the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail Project (KCJB) through the addition of the 2022 State Capital Participation (PMN) of IDR 4.1 trillion which was approved by Commission VI of the DPR RI. KAI's VP of Public Relations Joni Martinus said PMN support is very important to complete the KCJB project through PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC). KCJB will provide alternative transportation to people who want to travel quickly, safely, and comfortably. With KCJB, Indonesia is the country with the first fast train service in ASEAN. He explained that a series of KCJB consisted of 8 trains with a capacity of 601 customers with 18 VIP class services, 28 First Class customers, and 555 Second Class customers. The rates to be charged range from IDR 250 thousand to IDR 350 thousand. KAI through KCIC, he said, continues to strive to prepare KCJB as much as possible so that the KCJB dynamic test can be carried out in November 2022 to coincide with the G20 Presidency.