"We hope to revitalize the track in 2017," chief spokesman of the railway company Bambang Setiyo Prayitno said here on Saturday.
The railway company has stopped serving the route since the 1960s and part of the track might have been damaged by landslides or the land had been used by squatters.
Bambang said the track is vital for public transport in the region mainly for the transport of tourists and industrial , plantation and farm products.
"We are confident the revitalization of the old track would help accelerate economic development in the province," he said.
He said KAI has held several meetings with the district administration on plan to revitalize the Rangkasbitung-Labuan-Bayah-Anyer Kidul track.
Head of the Lebak District Transport Service Alkadri said the district administration would help socialize the program especially among the squatters , who have illegally used the land of PT KAI.(*)
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