1st catenary cantilever installed on Jakarta-Bandung HSR in Indonesia


  • World
  • Saturday, 16 Jul 2022

JAKARTA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The first catenary cantilever was installed Friday in the section of Tegal Luar Station of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), marking the start of catenary construction in the important railway project in Indonesia.

A statement released by KCIC, a joint venture consortium between Chinese and Indonesian state-owned firms that runs the 142.3-km railway, said the integration of telecommunications, signaling, power and electrification of Jakarta-Bandung HSR is technically designed with "China Standard" and will be furnished with equipment manufactured in China.

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