Jakarta MRT system

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The Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (Jakarta MRT) is a rapid transit system in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 10, 2013, with Phase 1 of the project (Lebak Bulus to Hotel Indonesia (HI) Roundabout) to be opened to the public by 2019.[1][2] MRT Jakarta targets to conduct Integration Test & Commissioning in August 2018, followed by an operational test from December 2018 through February 2019, and is expected to be open to the public by March 2019.[3]

Jakarta MRT traincar being unloaded in Port of Tanjung Priok in Jakarta, April 2018
As of August 2018, a trial run from Lebak Bulus Station to the Hotel Indonesia Traffic Circle has been completed successfully.[4]

The rail-based Jakarta MRT is expected to stretch across over 108 kilometres, including 21.7 km for the North-South Line (from Lebak Bulus to Kampung Bandan) and 87 km for East-West Line (from Balaraja to Cikarang).[8][9]

Lebak Bulus Depot
The North–South line will be built in two phases. After completion of MRT Phase I and II, MRT together with TransJakarta are predicted to serve 60 percent total trips made by Jakartans. The northern part of Line 1 (Phase II as well as part of Phase I) follows the route of the currently existing TransJakarta Line 1.

Phase I
This will connect Lebak Bulus to Bundaran HI along 15.5 km including 13 stations (7 elevated stations and 6 underground stations). The Indonesian Ministry of Transport approved this plan in September 2010 and invited tenders. This section is now expected to be completed in March 2019.[1][10]The first phase is 15.7 kilometres (9.8 mi) long from Lebak Bulus to Bundaran HI. The construction project began in 2013, and is expected to be opened by 2019[1] and to serve 212,000 passengers per day. This expected capacity may be maxed out to 960,000 per day. The 15.7 km distance expected to be covered in under 30 minutes.[11] The line has six underground and seven elevated stations:[12]

Underground stations

• Bundaran Hotel Indonesia
• Dukuh Atas connections to K3 ARS L2
• Setiabudi
• Bendungan Hilir
• Istora
• Senayan

Elevated stations

• Sisingamangaraja
• Blok M
• Blok A
• Haji Nawi
• Cipete Raya
• Fatmawati
• Lebak Bulus

Phase II
This will extend the North–South line from Bundaran HI to Kampung Bandan (7 underground stations and 1 ground-level station), and is planned to open after Phase I in operation (accelerated from 2020 as the original plan[13]).[14] Construction of this part is expected to start by the end of 2018, and will cost US$ 1.48 billion.[15][16]The additional line is scheduled to be completed in 2025. The Japanese and Indonesian governments agreed on 24 October 2018 that Japan's new loan of about 600 million dollars will be used to finance tunnel construction and procure subway cars for the extended line.[17]

to Cikarang
A second line is planned to run east-west, to connect Cikarang (in Bekasi) and Balaraja (in Tangerang) with Jakarta city center. Covering a distance of 87 kilometers, this line will cross Ujung Menteng and Rawa Bebek areas on the border between Bekasi and East Jakarta. This project is currently in the pre-feasibility study phase.[8] The line is targeted to operate in 2024.

 

[Menthol]

In my opinion, I think Jakarta doesn't suitable to have public transportation. The city is hot and dusty.

Private car with air conditioner is the best.

I know, this is an unbelievable opinion, but you need to try it once to know that my opinion is right.

I guess, when automated driving car arrived, when all cars on the street are fully automated and controlled by the central traffic control system, that is when Jakarta transportation system became perfect.

 

[Indos]

Light Rapid Transit (LRT) Jabodetabek (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Bekasi) or we can say as Greater Jakarta LRT system.

Greater Jakarta LRT progress

Greater Jakarta LRT
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Greater Jakarta LRT or LRT Jabodebek is a light metro system currently under construction in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, and the adjacent province of West Java. It is being implemented by the central government. The system is planned to connect Jakarta city center with suburbs in Greater Jakarta such as Bogor, Depok and Bekasi, hence its acronym "Jabodebek".[1]

Background

Some of the abandoned Jakarta Monorail project pillars will be used in the LRT Jabodebek project
The Jakarta light rail transit project is aimed to tackle Jakarta's high road traffic congestion. The northern section of the LRT project partly replaces the Jakarta Monorail project which has been cancelled.[2]

The monorail project in Jakarta was planned since the early 2000s. Construction commenced in 2004 but immediately stalled due to insufficient funding. In 2005 the initial pylons were constructed, however the project was abandoned altogether in 2008, leaving the unfinished pylons blocking roads. The monorail line design, including a Green loop line and Blue line, gained criticism, as it only connected shopping malls in Jakarta's city center, and would not connect to Jakarta's suburbs, which desperately need transportation infrastructure, and thus would not be useful for Jakartan commuters. Transportation experts deemed that the city center monorail project would not address Jakarta's traffic problems, but would only serve as a novelty tourists' ride.[3] To answer the need for commuter infrastructure, a consortium of five state owned enterprises, led by PT Adhi Karya (previously part of the Jakarta Monorail consortium), proposed the construction of a 39.036 km (24 mi) monorail line connecting Cibubur-Cawang-Kuningan and Bekasi-Cawang across Greater Jakarta.[4] The line will connect the 'Green' and 'Blue' lines originally planned by PT Jakarta Monorail to Jakarta's suburbs Cibubur and Bekasi.[5]

In 2013 the Jakarta monorail project was revived and relaunched. In mid 2014 however, the project was stalled after disagreement between PT Jakarta Monorel, the developer/operator, and the Jakarta Municipal Government over land acquisition for the depot as well as the station designs.[6] Following the disagreements, by 2015 the Jakarta Municipal Government terminated its contract with PT Jakarta Monorel; thus monorail project was disbanded altogether. The numerous stalled monorail support poles will be used by state-owned construction company PT Adhi Karya to develop Jakarta's light rail transit instead.[2] The shift of choice from monorail to light rail transit (LRT) system was based on several considerations; compared to monorail, LRT has higher passenger capacity, simpler intersection and switching system, and cheaper maintenance cost.

As of May 2018, the construction progress is 39%

 

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[Nike]

 

[Brainsucker]

Without the great political will from Jokowi and Ahok, this project won't ever started.

 

[Indos]

Inside the train

 

[AViet]

Jakarta has massive suburban rail system, as far as I know. Why is it not considered MRT?

 

[Robin Wong]

Jakarta has massive suburban rail system, as far as I know. Why is it not considered MRT?

Jakarta commuter line (KRL Jabodetabek) is pretty much similar like that one in Sydney that will also get their first metro system ever by this year.. They dont call the existing one MRT either.. It's probably because some of terminus stations also serve intercity train lines.

However, the rail system uses metro/rapid transit rolling stock standard and operates at high frequency with a minimum headway of five minutes. As of June 2018, the average number of KRL users per day reaches 1,001,438 users on weekdays, with a record of the highest number of users served in one day is 1,154,080. The number is targeted to reach 1.2 million passengers per day by 2019.

The network is currently serving greater Jakarta area and will be integrated to the new MRT/LRT network.

 

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[Nike]

PT KAI teams up with ITB lightning experts to improve service

• News Desk
  The Jakarta Post
  

Jakarta / Sun, April 7, 2019 / 11:15 am

Workers fix an upper electricity network in Kebon Pedes, Bogor, West Java, that was struck by lightning on March 11. (Antara photo via tempo.co/-)
After experiencing operational issues on its commuter train service caused by lightning, state-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia, the parent company of commuter train operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia, will team up with experts from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) to find a solution.

“We will be working with lightning experts from ITB. We will hold our first meeting on Tuesday, when we will discuss our problems and what we can do to solve the issues,” KAI president director Edi Sukmoro said on Friday as quoted by tempo.co.

He added that Indonesia was located in an area where lightning was known to strike hard, often disrupting rail services, especially in Greater Jakarta.

He mentioned recent operational problems with trains traveling from Bekasi to Bogor and Depok in West Java.

On April 1, a train traveling from Tanah Abang to Maja and another from Tanah Abang to Parung Panjang stopped operating for several hours after the upper electricity network system was stuck by lightning.

“Our trains are actually equipped with lightning rods. However, the rods will not work if the lightning strikes too hard,” Edi said.

KAI commercial director Dody Budiawan said lightning had often struck tracks along Sawangan, Depok. (vla)

 

[Indos]

Actually we can use E- Money Card in MRT. We dont need to buy ticket just like being shown in this video, more practical and easy.