PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI) or KAI Commuter signed a new cooperation contract for the procurement of electric railroad (KRL) facilities with a company from China, CRRC Sifang Co., Ltd. Procurement is part of a series of fulfillment of Jabodetabek KRL facilities. The signing of the KRL facilities procurement contract was held on Wednesday (1/31/2024) in Beijing, China. KCI President Director, Asdo Artriviyanto, said that KCI bought three new KRL series with the KCI-SFC120-V type.
“The procurement of this new KRL facility is the fulfillment of the number of KRL facilities in accordance with the needs of the Jabodetabek Commuter Line user service in 2024 -2025 which has reached nearly 1 million users per day,” Asdo said in an official statement, Wednesday (1/31/2024).
Asdo said that the procurement of new KRL facilities was a follow -up to the series of fulfillment of the Jabodetabek KRL facility which was discussed in a coordination meeting chaired by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in June 2023. The Ministry of Industry, BPKP, PT INKA, and other stakeholders.
In fulfilling the procurement of this KRL facility, Asdo explained that the KCI had signed the cooperation in the procurement of KRL facilities, among others: 1. Procurement of 16 (sixteen) series of new KRL facilities by PT INKA with a total investment of almost IDR 3.83 trillion; 2. Procurement of 19 (nineteen) Retrofit KRL series by PT INKA with a total investment of more than IDR 2.23 trillion; 3. Procurement of 3 (three) new KRL series imports by CRRC Sifang, China with a total investment of around IDR 783 billion.
If calculated, the total cooperation is worth IDR 6.84 trillion. As for all its financing, KCI was obtained through a shareholder loan scheme from PT KAI and assistance from the government through the Participation of State Capital (PMN). KCI also expressed his gratitude for the support of the government and stakeholders for the procurement of KRL facilities including supporting funding through PMN.
“The procurement of imports of the new KRL facilities is also the last process of the series of KRL facilities by the KAI Commuter in accordance with the results of the coordination meeting led by the Coordinating Minister Marves,” Asdo added.
Asdo explained, that the procurement of KRL facilities was carried out to add user transport capacity and replacement KRL facilities to be retrofit by PT INKA. KRL facilities that have entered the rejuvenation period will continue to be replaced by the retrofit process to maintain the operational needs of the Jabodetabek Commuter Line Service with a target of 1.2 million users per day in 2025.
In 2023 yesterday, the KAI Commuter recorded a total of 290,890,677 Jabodetabek Commuter Line Commuter Line. This figure is 38% greater than the volume in 2022, which is 239,254,813 people. KAI Commuter also predicts the volume of Jabodetabek Commuter Line user user by 4% per year or an increase of 16.98 million users each year.
Previously on November 9, 2023, KCI also signed an MoU with CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd. for mutual cooperation in the development of railroad facilities in Indonesia. Starting from the procurement of Electric Multilple Unit (EMU) facilities or a train with electricity or multiple unit diesel (DMU) or a train with a diesel. The MoU serves as a forum for technology sharing, maintenance of facilities, increasing the capacity of facilities, procurement of spare parts, and increasing railroad human resources. This memorandum of understanding is also an update from the cooperation that has been carried out in previous years.
January 31, 2024, detikFinance
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