Perumka-CGEA cooperation

Perumka-CGEA cooperation

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned railway firm Perumka has signed two
memorandums of understanding with France's CGEA, one of the
largest rail and bus operators in Europe, to provide for a long-
term cooperation between the two companies.

CGEA said here yesterday that the accords, signed by Perumka's
president Soemino Eko Saputro and CGEA's director general Antoine
Frerot, covered a feasibility study on the operation of Perumka's
Tangerang-Jakarta Kota service.

CGEA, a subsidiary of Compagne Generale des Eaux Group of
France, will also support Perumka's Jakarta-Bogor-Bandung service
in cooperation with the Accor Group.

CGEA and Accor, a hotel and tourist operator which manages
hotels in Indonesia, intend to develop a commercial and
scenic/tourist railway concept.

The two agreements are expected to lead into joint operation
projects once the studies are completed before the end of this
year, CGEA said. (icn)