Japan gives 72 used trains to PT KAI

Japan gives 72 used trains to PT KAI

JAKARTA: Japan donated 72 used trains this year to PT KAI to
improve the city's transportation service, a Japanese official
said.

Indonesia, however, had to pay for the cost of delivery,
Shigeya Aoyama, the first secretary on information and cultural
affairs at the Japanese Embassy, said on Thursday at Manggarai
Station in Central Jakarta. He refused to mention the cost, but
said that Japan had provided Indonesia with a loan to pay for the
delivery cost.

The ex MITA-SEN trains, which had been used for 30 years in
Japan, could be deployed here for about another 10 years, Aoyama
said.

Along with the grant, the Japanese government had also sent
two experts to teach train maintenance to local employees of
state-owned railway company PT KAI, he said.

Currently, some 52 of the trains have been running in Greater
Jakarta, while the rest are still being fixed to adjust to the
railway system in Indonesia. --JP