Indonesia's first high-speed railway built with Chinese technology will begin operation in August, an investment minister said Monday.
Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said in a press conference the Jakarta-Bandung 140-kilometre service is expected to commence on the country's Independence Day national holiday of Aug 18 following a trial run in May.
The new train will cut the three-hour travel time between the two cities to about 40 minutes.
Undertaken by Indonesian-Chinese consortium PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China, the project was originally scheduled to be completed by 2019 but faced repeated delays and a cost overrun.
