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Indonesia to launch China-funded high-speed rail, first in South East Asia

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ndonesia is set to launch South-East Asia's first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed multibillion-dollar project backed by China that will cut travel between capital Jakarta and another major city by hours.

The Chinese-made bullet train named"Whoosh" is built to take more than 600 people to and from Jakarta and the Javan city of Bandung in 45 minutes and is part of China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.

"We will launch it on October 2, because on October 1, the president is busy," Transport Minister Budi Karya Sumadi told reporters on Friday. It was built by PT KCIC, which is made up of four Indonesian state companies and Beijing's China Railway International Co. Authorities have been running public trials of the new high-speed journey of 142 kilometres before its opening.

 

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