JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov 21 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), which connects Indonesia’s capital Jakarta and its fourth-largest city Bandung, is a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and represents the first overseas application of a full Chinese high-speed railway system.
On November 16, 2022, the trial run of the line between Tegalluar Station and Casting Yard No. 4 of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway was successfully completed. Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Chinese President Xi Jinping witnessed the operational trial of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train on the sidelines of a bilateral meeting following the G20 Summit in Bali.
