Indonesia to operate South-East Asia's first high-speed rail in October

The high-speed rail is an approximately 140-km connection that links Jakarta to West Java province's Bandung city. - Vietnam News/ANN

JAKARTA (Vietnam News/ANN): Indonesia's high-speed rail service, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, is set to begin commercial operations as early as October following repeated delays.

As reported by Nikkei Asia, the Indonesian-Chinese consortium Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) set October as the new opening date after pushing back the previous timeline of August. KCIC will use the extra time to conduct further test runs to ensure safety.