If the plan is approved by the DPR, the construction of 120-km electric train lines can be started in 2014 and if the construction work can be carried out according to schedule, the electric train lines will go into service in 2017.Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Railway Company (KAI) is planning to build electric train (KRL) lines connecting Yogyakarta and Solo.
"The results of a study and detail engineering design for the construction of electric train lines has been proposed (to the House of Representatives). We are waiting for the DPR`s approval to ensure the fund for the project," director general of train safety at the Transportation Ministry Hermanto Dwi Atmoko said here on Monday.
He said if the plan is approved by the DPR, the construction of 120-km electric train lines can be started in 2014.
The construction of every kilometer of electric train lines will cost Rp3.5 billion, he said.
"If the construction work can be carried out according to schedule, the electric train lines will go into service in 2017," he said.
The fares of the electric train will be cheaper than those of short-distance commuter trains which currently serve the lines, such as Prambanan Express and Sriwedari, which reach Rp10,000 and Rp20,000 respectively.
After the Yogyakarta-Solo electric train lines have been completed, KAI will develop similar lines connecting Yogyakarta and Kutoarjo, he said.
Meanwhile, KAI will also resume the construction of Kutoarjo-Kroya double tracks in November. The project is expected to completed in three years.
"We will also resume the construction of Purwokerto-Cirebon double tracks so in 2018 the railway lines linking Jakarta to Solo will be double tracks," Haryanto, head of the ministry`s work unit for Java`s southern railway lines Haryanto said.(*)
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