Karawang Betters Station Hasn't Operated Yet, Erick Thohir: Opened Viewing Traffic

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JAKARTA - KarawangASH Station has not yet operated. In fact, the construction of the station has been completed.

The station was originally targeted to operate in early 2024.

Related to this, the Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir said that since the beginning the government had prioritized the Quick Train to serve the Jakarta-Bandung route.

Therefore, continued Erick, since it was inaugurated on October 2, 2023, until now, the new halim-Padalarang, and Halim-Tegalluar (pp) high-speed trains have served the Halim-Padalarang (pp) routes.

"Today, we are focusing that Jakarta-Bandung is still a priority, right. Where there are stops at two points," said Erick when met at the BUMN Ministry office, Jakarta, Wednesday, April 17.

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Furthermore, Erick said that if later the community had started to get used to using theugish High Speed Train, Karawang Station would be operated.

"Well, when people get used to it, then we also add additional routes," he explained.

According to Erick, this is like what is done on the toll road. Where the opening of the lane is carried out in stages according to the needs.

"Because it's the same, it's like the toll road itself when we open access A to point Z, it doesn't mean we don't open H, gradually, according to the traffic that occurs," said Erick.

For your information, this Karawang high-speed train station has not yet been operating, one of which is because the road access construction has not yet been completed which is connected to to toll roads.

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Directorate General of Highways said that the construction of toll accessibility to the Kawarang high-speed train station will begin at the end of 2023.

"(The target is to start construction) after the land is available. If the target this year must start construction," said Director General of Highways Hedy Rahadian when met after the Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission V DPR RI in Jakarta, on Wednesday, September 6.

Hedy said that currently his party is carrying out the land acquisition stage in the Karawang and Tegalluar areas. He said, after the land acquisition is complete, it will proceed to LMAN financing based on a letter from the Cabinet Secretary Minister (Menseskab).

"There is already a Halim distribution, the Karawang one, right, you get land acquisition, as well as those in Tegalluar," he said.