Inauguration Of Phase I Manggarai Station Evidence Of The Government's Seriousness In Building Railway Infrastructure

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JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Finance (Wamenkeu) Suahasil Nazara also accompanied President Joko Widodo at the inauguration of Phase I Manggarai Station in Jakarta, today.

In his remarks, the President said that the government will continue to build and develop railway infrastructure, especially to connect densely populated areas. This is because trains have become an alternative to transportation that is very much needed by the community.

"Fire trains have become an alternative to transportation that is urgently needed and is increasingly in demand by the public, can reach various places more quickly, with very affordable costs," said the President on Monday, December 26.

The Head of State explained that the government had been developing Manggarai Station as one of the central stations in Jakarta since 2016.

He said, Manggarai Station is one of the stations with the busiest train traffic in Indonesia. This station serves the stop of the Commuter Line electric train (KRL) to Jakarta, Kota-Tanah Abang-Bekasi with heavy traffic.

"Development of this station is very important to increase the frequency and headway of train travel, increase access to civility and community mobility from Jakarta to other buffer cities and vice versa, add airport train services to Soekarno-Hatta Airport, and integrate various other modes of public transportation such as Transjakarta, online motorcycle taxis, bajaj, and others," explained the President.

With facilities that are getting better and more integrated, connectivity will be better, as well as community mobility and activities will be smoother and more efficient, the president hopes that the public will be more happy to use mass transportation or public transportation.