New railway service soon

BANDUNG: PT Arion Paramita Group, a private transportation company, will launch a new executive train service linking Jakarta and the Central Java city of Surakarta (Solo) next August.

The company announced that it has invested Rp 50 billion ($23 million) on 20 coaches and three locomotives to operate the new service. It hopes to reach a break-even point within 10 years.

Anwar Suprijadi, the president of the state-owned railway company Perumka, said four other private companies are planning to operate executive train services. (pet/02)