Early phase of Bali LRT project to cost US$876m, ministry says

A Jakarta light rail transit (LRT) attendant stands inside a train at Velodrome Station in Rawamangun, East Jakarta, ready to welcome passengers after the rail service reopened with a limited capacity of 30 passengers per car. - The Jakarta Post File

JAKARTA: The Transportation Ministry has revealed that the early stage of Bali’s first underground light rail transit (LRT) project, dubbed Phase 1A, is expected to cost an estimated US$876 million.

Railway Traffic and Transportation Director Arif Anwar said Phase 1A would involve constructing a 6.04-kilometer track from I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar to Jl. Sunset Road in Kuta, Badung regency, as well as five stations.