Image of Chinese high-speed train
China: Indonesia delays construction: Jakarta Bandung High Speed Rail / Over budget
Indonesian Government:
The Indonesian government is calling for Japan to participate in the bid.
A high-speed railway linking 150km between Jakarta and Bandung is under construction with the China Consortium.
China’s High Speed Rail Plan: Construction Suspended
However, in March as well, China’s high-speed railway construction work was suspended due to problems.
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway plan was a fierce battle between Japan and China at the bid stage in 2015.
After all, the Chinese side
- did not seek debt guarantee or financial burden from Indonesia,
- and with a short construction period
- and a low construction cost,
they reversed and made a successful bid at the last minute.
can’t wipe out the feeling of “what are you doing now?”
Construction Construction: Interruption
In the first place, construction start was delayed,
After that, the land acquisition of the construction plan was delayed,
Construction work does not proceed as planned,
The completion / operation start time has been postponed many times.
Construction cost: Both countries’ burden arrangement
The Chinese side will bear 75% of the initial construction cost of 5.5 billion dollars.
The Indonesian side bears the remaining 25%.
However, the construction cost has risen from $ 5.5 billion initially, and the Indonesian state-owned enterprises association is having a hard time.
National Project Conference:
Directed by the President at the National Project Conference.
On May 29, an online press conference was held after a ministerial meeting on national strategic projects.
Economic Coordinator:
would like to consider adding Japan to “the Jakarta-Surabaya Acceleration Plan” to “the Jakarta Bandung High Speed Rail Construction Consortium”.
Airlanger adjustment phase:
He pointed out that “China-based construction plans were far behind their original plans” as a reason for calling for Japan to participate.
Initially, the aim was to complete the construction and start operations in 2021.
However, the possibility of delay is becoming more intense.
In addition, the initial budget has expanded significantly due to the delay.
Said that.
(Newsweek Japan Version)
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/af1691dddad331848b979e3d2ac1753e8944d889
[Indonesia] China High Speed Rail Gataboro Project
Jakarta-Bandung Full-scale construction work from 2018 !?
November 3, 2017,
Local media in Indonesia:
The full-scale construction work of the high-speed railway plan constructed by China (Jakarta-Bandung, about 140 km, scheduled to open in 2019)
reported the observational information that it seems to be from the beginning of 2018.
(November 4, 2017)-Excite news
https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/Global_news_asia_4722/