TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan hopes the Japanese Government is willing to develop semi high-speed railway project that connect Jakarta and Surabaya.
"We have sent an official letter. I personally believe that the Japanese technology is the right one for this project,” Luhut said on Friday (7/10).
Luhut added that he has also had a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss a number of issues about investment in Indonesia, including this semi high-speed railway project.
"The train is a semi high-speed train with the speed of 180-200 km per hour,” Luhut said, adding that with this train, it is expected that it would only take 3.5 hours to get to Surabaya from Jakarta.
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