KCI Needs A Budget Of IDR 8.65 Trillion For Procurement Of KRL, Source Of Funds From PMN And Loans

KRL (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) revealed the plan to procure additional electric rail trains (KRL) until 2027. This procurement will be carried out in two ways, namely imports and retrofitting. The total required budget reaches IDR 8.65 trillion.

President Director of PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) Asdo Artriviyanto said the funds would be supported through state capital participation (PMN) through PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI amounting to IDR 5 trillion. While the rest is fulfilled through loans.

"The PMN application also goes through KAI, so the PMN will go to KAI which will be delivered to KCI. The amount is Rp. 8.65 trillion for CAPEX needs, of which Rp. 3.65 trillion for KCI must borrow from banks through loans," he said at a press conference, at the KCI Office, Jakarta, Thursday, January 11.

Asdo said this budget was used not only for the procurement of additional KRL through imports. However, he continued, also through retrofitting.

"It's not imports, there's retrofitting, only 3 (trainsets) imports. This is to pursue capacity building," he explained.

Furthermore, Asdo also said that PMN would be disbursed in stages until 2026. Where this year, the budget disbursed from PMN is IDR 2 trillion.

"In 2024 there will be IDR 2 trillion. In 2025 there will be IDR 1.5 trillion and in 2026 IDR 1.5 trillion," he said.

Asdo said that the procurement that will be carried out in the near future will import 3 new train sets or trainsets. Where per trainset there are 12 train carriages.

According to Asdo, the import procurement will only be carried out by the end of this year. It is targeted that the train will be in Indonesia at the latest in the future.

"We are really new imports. We are pursuing this so that in 2024 it can be delivered in Indonesia," he explained.

Asdo said there were 19 trainsets that had been included in the retrofitting process by PT INKA. The process will be gradual until 2027. He also said that the train undergoing this restrophit was only 15 years of operational economic operation.

"We are doing retrofitting, restoring some of our trains that are entering the conservation period, which should be retired, we are retrofitting so that their performance will be new again. Even though the economic value is not like new, if this retrofit is restored or replaced by components, it resembles new, the economic value is almost half 15 years," he said.