Indonesia’s first high-speed train is on track ahead of trial run in November

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  • Title: Indonesia’s first high-speed train is on track ahead of trial run in November
  • Date: 1st October 2022
  • Summary: SHOTLIST BANDUNG, INDONESIA (OCTOBER 1, 2022) (AAVN – ACCESS ALL) 1. HIGH-SPEED TRAIN COVERED WITH TARPAULIN ON TRACK AT STATION (2 SHOTS) 2. WORKER GETTING SMALL RAIL-ROAD VEHICLE IN FRONT OF BULLET TRAIN 3. WORKER DRIVING USING RAIL-ROAD VEHICLE THAT PULLS BULLET TRAIN 4. TIGHT SHOT OF BULLET TRAIN’S WHEELS MOVING ON TRACK (2 SHOTS) 5. WORKERS ON RAIL ROADSIDE AS TRAIN MOVES ON TRACK (2 SHOTS) 6. VARIOUS OF BULLET TRAIN MOVING ON TRACK AS IT IS PULLED BY SMALL RAIL-ROAD VEHICLE 7. CHINESE PERSONNEL 8. VARIOUS OF SMALL RAIL-ROAD VEHICLE AND BULLET TRAIN ON TRACK 9. VARIOUS OF WORKERS LOOKING AT TRAIN AS IT MOVES ON TRACK AAVN SCRIPT: Indonesia's and South East Asia's first high-speed rail (HSR) project Jakarta-Bandung is expected to connect the country's largest cities of Jakarta and Bandung, the capital of West Java and 3rd largest city, covering a distance approaching 142.3 kilometers (88.4 mi). The high-speed train cars arrived at Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta on September 2. The trial of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train will be held in November to coincide with the implementation of the G20 Summit, according to an official statement released last August. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and China's President Xi Jin Ping are expected to ride the high-speed train in this trial run. The train will undergo dynamic tests at the same time. China was selected by the Indonesian Government over Japan to build the fast-train rail link, which is estimated to cost $6.07bn. The project is being developed by PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China, a joint venture formed in October 2015 between a consortium of Indonesian state-owned companies, and China Railway International, a subsidiary of China Railway Group (CREC). The project is being carried out on a business-to-business basis, with Indonesia having a 60% interest in the joint venture while China has 40%.
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