Minister Of Transportation Regarding KRL Tembus Karawang: Next Year Or 2026

KRL (photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - The government opens the opportunity to extend the commuter train route or KRL through to Karawang, West Java. Minister of Housing Budi Karya Sumadi said the project would be realized sooner or later.

For your information, the extension of the KRL route to penetrate Karawang, West Java was a discourse in 2019. Currently, the KRL for the East route only reaches Cikarang, Bekasi Regency.

"Karawang can be next year or 2026. I haven't checked the data yet, but this agglomeration will eventually become a KRL," Budi told reporters, written Thursday, June 6.

But unfortunately, Budi did not explain that the time mentioned was the target of operation or when to start project construction.

In addition, Budi also mentioned the KRL projects in other areas. He said that currently the progress is increasingly growing to the surrounding agglomeration area.

'Jogja-Solo to Madiun. Later we will continue to reach Purwokerto. We are also doing Surabaya. From Surabaya to Sidoarjo and also to Mojokerto to become the KRL," he explained.

Previously, PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) opened its voice regarding the possibility that the operational services for the Electric Rail Train (KRL) or Commuter Line would be continued to Karawang, West Java.

KCI Director of Operations and Marketing Broer Rizal revealed that the extension of the route is a domain of the central government. Even so, he admitted that he was ready to follow the government's directions if assigned to extend the route.

However, said Rizal, with the electricity infrastructure record, in this case the provision of Upper Stream Electricity (LAA) facilities as a source for train drivers has been built.

"(Construction certainty to Karawang) is the domain of the Government that will build supporting facilities for the LAA network," Rizal said at the 2024 KAI Commuter Eid Transport press conference, in Jakarta, Tuesday, April 23.

"So if the government has built the facility, we as operators will run it up to there (Karawang)" he continued.