PT KAI Reactivation Of Rangkasbitung-Labuan Train Built In 2025

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LEBAK - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) stated that the reactivation of the Ringkasbitung - Pandeglang - Labuan railway line along 56 kilometers is likely to be realized in 2025.

"The reactivation of the Rangkasbitung - Labuan train this year is due to no budget," said Head of the Jakarta - Banten Railway Engineering Center Nur Setiawan Hadi as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, October 30.

The reactivation of the Rangkasbitung - Labuan railway line has been carried out by socialization to the community by the local government and PT KAI.

However, the reactivation of mass transportation to support access to the Panimbang Special Economic Zone (KEK) and the Carita Beach Tourism Area was postponed.

The delay in the reactivation of the Rangkasbitung - Labuan train, because the budget is allocated to other areas which are considered very important.

It is very likely that the plan for the path reactivation budget can be realized by 2025.

"If the reactivation of the Rangkasbitung - Labuan train is built in 2025, it will certainly be completed in 2028 with one route," said Nur Setiawan.

According to him, to operate the Rangkasbitung - Labuan route, the budget is quite large in the provision of land and acquisition, because many of these railway lines have changed the function of land by becoming residential areas to school buildings.

The cessation of the Rangkasbitung - Labuan operation from the Dutch era took place in the 1980s.

"We hope that the plan to develop the Rangkasbitung - Labuan reactivation can be realized in 2025," he said.

Meanwhile, Lebak Regent Iti Octavia Jayabaya said the local government supports the construction of the Rangkasbitung - Labuan reactivation to improve the community's economy.

The local government has collected data and socialized to people who occupy land owned by PT KAI.

So far, the Rangkasbitung - Labuan route has supported the Panimbang SEZ area and the western coastal tourism of Banten Province.

"We certainly welcome the positive reactivation of the train to support the improvement of the community's economy," he said.