Public excitement in Indonesia grows high towards Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train
STORY: Public excitement in Indonesia grows high towards Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train
SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 17, 2023
DATELINE: Nov. 19, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:49
LOCATION: Jakarta
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/SOCIETY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of passengers
2. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian): MASNI SARAGIH, Local resident
STORYLINE:
The services of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR) in Indonesia, locally known as Whoosh, have brought lots of joy for the public in the world's fourth-largest populous nation since it was officially launched about a month ago.
According to PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture consortium between Indonesian and Chinese state-owned firms that constructs and runs the HSR, trains have carried about 383,000 passengers on the railway since the commercial operation started, with the highest daily occupancy rate reaching 98.7 percent.
The public enthusiasm was so high that KCIC needed to intensify the travel schedule up to 28 trips per weekday and 36 trips per day on weeken
- Product Code
- ILEA002003594
- Registered date
- 2023/11/19 00:00:00
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- Xinhua / Kyodo News Images
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- Xinhua News Agency.All Rights Reserved
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