Railway system projects underway
Railway system projects underway
JAKARTA (JP): The Director General of Land Transportation,
Soejono, announced yesterday that only 35 percent of Greater
Jakarta's railway system projects have been completed.
"We hope in the year 2004 all of the projects will be
completed. We predict that 325 economic class and air-conditioned
trains will be serving 1.6 million people," he told the Antara
news agency yesterday.
The Jakarta administration is trying to establish a reliable
railway system to reduce the capital's acute traffic problems.
The railway system will link Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and
Bekasi. (23)