Soekarno-Hatta Railway Line to Operate by 2017

Jakarta will soon see the operation of the long-awaited railway connecting Manggarai Station in Central Jakarta to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Monday, with the last 12 kilometers of track expected to be completed in early 2017.

Soekarno-Hatta Railway Line to Operate by 2017
December 19, 2015 8:14 am | Last Update: December 27, 2015 3:38 pm
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Jakarta will soon see the operation of the long-awaited railway connecting Manggarai Station in Central Jakarta to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Monday, with the last 12 kilometers of track expected to be completed in early 2017.

Jokowi said the government had invested Rp. 2.5 trillion (US$177.4 million) in the project, which started in 2015. “This is a solution for the chronic city-to-airport traffic congestion,” Jokowi said when inspecting the 30-km railway project.

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