Perumka tenders 48 projects on express train
Perumka tenders 48 projects on express train
JAKARTA (JP): The state railway company Perusahaan Umum Kereta Api (Perumka) is inviting private companies to cooperate in 48 projects for express train operation and land development.
Perumka's new president, Soemino Eko Saputro, told reporters after his installation ceremony yesterday that four private companies have proposed establishing join operations of express trains in Java.
"The proposals are still being studied," said Soemino, who replaced Anwar Suprijadi.
Besides Soemino, Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto installed Edy Haryoto, Sjahedi Junardiono, Widjanarko and Sumiarso Sonny, respectively, as Perumka's directors of finance, technical affairs, operation and general affairs.
The minister also installed Darius Djana as president and Sodin Sjafrudin as operational director of PT Damri, a bus transportation company. Sri Tidarno, Djaman S. Ginting and Ahmad Muchlasin were sworn in, respectively, as Damri's directors of finance, technical affairs and general affairs.
Soemino, who wouldn't name the four proposing companies, said that the planned projects include trains that will serve the Jakarta-Merak (West Java), Jakarta-Yogyakarta, Jakarta-Surabaya (East Java), and Jakarta-Bandung-Sukabumi (West Java) routes.
Perumka plans to launch at least three express trains in August to coincide with the commemoration of the country's 50th independence anniversary. The three trains will include the JS950, which will link Jakarta and Surabaya in nine hours, the JB250 linking Jakarta and Bandung in two hours, and the JY650 linking Jakarta and Yogyakarta in six hours.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation said that PT Lorinta Mitra Guna, PT Arion Paramita or PT Marga Mandala Sakti will likely run the express trains in cooperation with Perumka, under joint operation arrangements.
"Lorinta is interested in the Jakarta-Bandung route, Marga in the Jakarta-Merak route and Arion in the Jakarta-Solo (Central Java) route," the spokesman said. "Another, private company, PT Mitra Guna Tribakti, proposes to provide a cement railway service in Gresik of East Java."
Land
He said that out of the 48 offered projects, 32 are railway services while the others are for land development.
He explained that Perumka wants some of its land in Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Medan in North Sumatra to be developed by private companies into office buildings, hotels, shop-houses and other business facilities.
In Jakarta, for instance, Perumka owns a 10-hectare plot in Kampung Bandan Baru of North Jakarta, on which PT Bakti Bangun Era Cipta has proposed to develop a shopping mall and hotel complex.
Two private companies in Surabaya, including PT Tirtamaya Subur and PT Grahaniaga Jayautama, have also proposed developing Perumka's plots of land, each with a width of 1.8 hectares and 7.3 hectares, as office buildings and shop-houses.(icn)