Megawati to launch commuter trains

Megawati to launch commuter trains

SURABAYA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri is expected on
Monday to inaugurate a new commuter train that will link the East
Java provincial capital, Surabaya, with Sidoarjo.

"The President will be accompanied by Minister of
Communications Agum Gumelar, State Minister of State Enterprises
Laksamana Sukardi and State Minister of the Environment Nabiel
Makarim," train director Haris Fabillah from the Ministry of
Communications said here on Tuesday.

The inauguration ceremony was originally slated for Feb. 19,
but was rescheduled to Monday.

Harris said the Surabaya-Sidoarjo route was just the first
phase, as it would be extended from Sidoarjo to Tarik district in
Sidoarjo and to Pasar Turi district in Surabaya. The train will
run from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Operation of the commuter train is aimed at easing traffic
congestion in Surabaya, the capital of East Java. -- Antara