Minister of Transportation, Budi Karya Sumadi said China was interested in building an automated rail transit (ART) in the New Capital City (IKN) in East Kalimantan. This is the result of his meeting with Chinese Transportation Minister Li Xiaopeng in Beijing City. Budi Karya said, the two countries were committed to continuing to improve the cooperation of the development of national transportation infrastructure.
He said that he had conducted an assessment with China through the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) for the construction of ART train in IKN. The Indonesian government wants to use an autonomous train set from CRRC for its operation at IKN.
“One set of train consists of three cars, with a capacity of 307 passengers, has an operational speed of 40 km/h and a maximum speed of 70 km/hour,” said Budi Karya in his statement, Friday (12/1/2024).
The CRRC is rumored to be carrying an autonomous train unit to Indonesia, as a window of the exhibition which will be held in IKN around July 2024. This is a demonstration of the ability of autonomous trains.
Budi Karya further asked for Chinese support to invite private parties to invest in railroad projects in big cities in Indonesia such as in Bandung, Semarang and Makassar. WHOOSH Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway is also called Budi Karya as proof of close bilateral cooperation between Indonesia and China.
“The WHOOSH Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway is a form of bilateral cooperation commitment, which has now been operated and has high enthusiasm from the community. WHOOSH is a potential project to be developed in the future,” Budi Karya said.
Not only in the field of railroads, Budi Karya also invited China to invest in the flight field, especially to meet the needs of flight services in areas that have a fairly short runway/runway, as well as cooperation in increasing HR capacity building in the flight field. In the shipping sector, Budi Karya also explores cooperation in the field of HR improvement through various education and training programs in the shipping sector.
Budi Karya also invited the Minister of Transportation of China to attend the Ministerial Roundtable on Intelligent Transport System (ITS) Asia Pacific activities, which will be held in Jakarta in May 2024. In his trip to China, Budi Karya also held a meeting with a number of parties, including: CRRC Chairman and Huawei Chairman. It will also hold discussions with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce in China (Inacham) in Shanghai.
January 12, 2024, detikFinance
(https://finance.detik.com/infrastruktur/d-7137985/menhub-ungkap-china-mau-bangun-kereta-canggih-di-ikn)