Welding of all 500-meter rails for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway completed

STORY: Welding of all 500-meter rails for Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway completed DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG ZHANYUN, Project manager of Jakarta-Bandung HSR project of Power China Stecol Corporation STORYLINE: The welding of all 500-meter rails needed for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway was completed on Tuesday, laying a solid foundation for the completion of track laying in mid-February this year. A total of 1,168 pieces of 500-meter-long steel rails are needed for the 142.3-km line, and each of those long rails was welded in 15 steps from 50-meter steel rails imported from China. The work has been jointly completed by Chinese and Indonesian employees. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG ZHANYUN, Project manager of Jakarta-Bandung HSR project of Power China Stecol Corporation "The high-quality welding of the rails will pave the way for the safe and stable operation of the high-