Perumka to lay more tracks<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The state railway company Perusahaan Umum Kereta
\nApi (Perumka) will complete the construction of 6,908 kilometers
\nof railway tracks in Java and Sumatra by the year 2000, the
\nfirm's director said yesterday.<\/p>\n
Edie Haryoto told a hearing with the House of Representatives
\nhere that the railway tracks to be constructed would include 350
\nkilometers of new lines.<\/p>\n
The new tracks would be laid between Depok and Bogor in West
\nJava (23 km); Kroya in Central Java and Yogyakarta (149 km);
\nCikampek and Cirebon in West Java (135 km); Cikampek and
\nPurwakarta in West Java (18 km); Kiaracondong and Cicalengka in
\nWest Java (17 km); Cisomang and Rendeh in West Java (8 km); and
\nbetween Parungpanjang and Cibinong in West Java (46km), he said.<\/p>\n
Edie said in the hearing with the House's Commission V, which
\nis in charge of communications, transportation, public works,
\ntourism and public housing, that, to improve its service to the
\npublic, the company also planned to operate more express and
\nbusiness-class trains.<\/p>\n
He said that PT Lorinta Mitra Guna was interested in operating
\ntrains between Jakarta and Surabaya in East Java; PT Arion
\nParamita Group was interested in the Jakarta-Semarang-Surakarta
\n(Central Java) route; and PT Hasta Mitra Baruna was interested in
\nthe Jakarta-Merak (West Java) route.<\/p>\n
PT Bintaro Serpong Damai wanted to operate trains on the
\nSerpong-Tanah Abang-Gambir route and PT Infiniti Indomarga was
\ninterested in the Tangerang-Jakarta and Bekasi-Jakarta routes, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The private companies would serve the routes under a build-
\noperate-transfer arrangement for 20 years, he added.<\/p>\n
The proposed services were part of 48 projects recently
\noffered by Perumka to private companies for cooperation.<\/p>\n
Edie said that Perumka expected to make a profit of Rp 10
\nbillion (US$4.46 million) in 1995. He said that the operation of
\nnew express services had increased the company's revenues.<\/p>\n
He said that Perumka, in cooperation with Lorinta Mitra Guna,
\nwould start operating JS-950 express trains, connecting Jakarta
\nwith Surabaya in nine hours, on Aug. 17, the day on which the
\ncountry celebrates its 50th anniversary.<\/p>\n
The train trip between the two cities currently takes 13
\nhours.<\/p>\n
Perumka will also introduce JB-250 trains between Jakarta and
\nBandung, reducing the traveling time from two-hours-and-forty-
\nminutes to just two hours. (31)<\/p>",
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