Soft And Almost Silent, Jokowi Asks Indonesian-made LRT To Be Exported Bisa

President Joko Widodo (Photo: Screenshot of the Presidential Secretariat YouTube)

JAKARTA – After trying the Light Rail Transit (LRT) light train, Jokowi was very impressed. Because the train made by the nation's children, the vibration is soft and almost silent. With this advantage, he asked that it can be exported to foreign countries, not only for domestic needs.

It seems that the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, sees an opportunity. That's why he asked that the Light Rail Transit (LRT) produced by state-owned PT INKA (Persero) can be exported to other countries. "For other countries, we have exported trains to Bangladesh, to the Philippines, and we hope that the LRT will also be like that," said President Jokowi while visiting the Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) LRT Station and Harjamukti Cibubur Station, Jakarta, Wednesday 9 June. .

The light train that President Jokowi tested this morning is the Jabodebek LRT, which is targeted to operate in mid-2022. The LRT train is produced by PT INKA, while the LRT construction is being built by PT Adhi Karya.

President Jokowi tried the Jabodetabek LRT before it was operated for the public. (Photo: Screenshot of the Presidential Secretariat YouTube)

The President said the experience of building construction and LRT trains is very much needed by industry in Indonesia. This will be useful when the domestically made LRT is already exported to other countries. Construction technology made by companies in Indonesia will also be needed by LRT importing countries from Indonesia.

"I think this kind of development experience is what we need, so that we have experience building LRT construction, PT INKA has experience building trains so that this becomes the foundation if we build LRT for other countries," said President Jokowi as reported by Antara.

To date, the realization of the Jabodebek LRT construction has reached 84.7 percent. In April 2022, the Jabodebek LRT will be tested and targeted to officially operate in June 2022.

Based on information from the official website of PT. KAI as the operator of the Jabodebek LRT, stated that each Jabodebek LRT series consists of 6 trains.

Under normal conditions, each circuit is capable of serving 740 passengers consisting of 174 in a sitting position and 566 in a standing position. In congested conditions, the capacity can reach 1,308 passengers.

The Jabodebek LRT train that Jokowi tried uses resources from the third rail with a power supply voltage of 750 VDC. The Jabodebek LRT is designed to be able to reach speeds of 90 km/h, while the maximum operating speed reaches 80 km/h.