Staff Of The Minister Of SOEs Denies Operations For The 2024 High Speed Train: Hoax!

KCIC (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) confirmed that the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train will be soft launching or limited operation in August.

Special staff to the Minister of SOEs, Arya Sinulingga, said that the work on facilities and infrastructure for KCJB will continue ahead of the operation of the first high-speed train in Indonesia.

Therefore, Arya denied that the operation of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train would be delayed to 2024.

"In the near future, in August (soft launching) will be operationalized. So if there is an outside media that says (KCJB operational) is late again until next year, it's a hoax. That means he hasn't updated it," he told the media at KCIC Tegalluar Station, Bandung Regency, West Java, Sunday, June 25.

Arya said that KCJB is a national strategic project (PSN) assigned by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to SOE Minister Erick Thohir to be completed this year.

Furthermore, Arya also requested that the state-owned company involved in the construction of the KCJB station be completed immediately.

"It can be accelerated. SOE friends can speed up (station building). Sure we can speed up," he explained.

As is known, ahead of the less than two months of soft launching, the construction of the KCJB station has not been completed. In fact, the station that will become the hub, namely Padalarang Station, has only about 60 percent of its physical development.

Meanwhile, Halim Station, as the departure point from Jakarta has not yet been completed, the physical construction is only around 92 percent. Meanwhile, Karawang Station and Tegalluar Station are only 93 percent.