JAKARTA, May 18 (Xinhua): Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Tuesday the construction progress of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) has reached 73 per cent, hoping the railway will operate by the end of 2022.
Widodo said in a statement released by KCIC, a joint venture consortium between Chinese and Indonesian state-owned firms that runs the 142.3-km HSR, that he hopes the HSR can connect to light rail transit (LRT) and mass rapid transit (MRT) to save the travel time, improve efficiency and enhance international competitiveness of the Southeast Asian country.