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Bali Railway Concept Map

November 21, 2022 By James Clark 9 Comments

There have been numerous proposals over the years for a Bali railway. Every announcement is archived on the Bali Railway page, which goes back to at least 2011. To visualise what a Bali rail system would look like, I present this Bali railway concept map. [View and download the full-size map.] This is a concept […]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: bali, indonesia, maps, railways

Bali Strait Bridge

September 13, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Bali Strait Bridge is a proposed road and railway bridge between Java and Bali in Indonesia. The earliest proposal goes back to 1960, with the Tri Nusa Bimasakti plan to link the islands of Sumatra, Java and Bali. The Bali Strait is 2.4 km wide at the narrowest point. By comparison, the longest bridge […]

Filed Under: Bridges, Indonesia Tagged With: bali, java

10 New Balis

September 5, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

10 New Balis is a program launched in 2016 by the Indonesian government to invest in and promote 10 destinations in Indonesia as tourism hubs. These destinations are being billed as “the next Bali”, in that they hope to attract the number of visitors that Bali receives. The “New Bali” phrase is an idiomatic expression […]

Filed Under: Indonesia Tagged With: bali, belitung, borobudur, indonesia, labuan bajo, lake toba, mandalika, morotai, mount bromo, tanjung lesung, thousand islands, wakatobi

Trans-Sumatra Railway

August 16, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Trans-Sumatra Railway is a proposed railway line in Sumatra that would run from Aceh in the north to Lampung in the south. The total length would be over 2,000 kilometres, and it would connect major cities and ports of Sumatra. President Joko Widodo announced the plan for the Trans-Sumatra Railway in December 2014, and […]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Railways Tagged With: indonesia, railways, sumatra

Batam construction update – 2022 edition

August 15, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The island of Batam is part of the Riau Islands in Indonesia, on the other side of the Singapore Strait. Batam was listed as the fastest growing city in the world in 2015, with its proximity to Singapore being a major advantage. Despite this mind-blowing statistic, Batam is not the sort of place you read […]

Filed Under: Construction Updates, Indonesia Tagged With: 2022 construction updates, batam, indonesia

Batam LRT

August 8, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Batam LRT is a proposed light rail transit system on Batam Island, Indonesia. The Batam LRT will have two routes, from Batam Center to Tanjung Uncang and from Batu Ampar to Hang Nadim Airport. The $1.5 million investment project will see a 27.54 km route on the first line and 27.93 km on the second […]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: batam, indonesia, light rail transit

Future Batam

August 8, 2022 By James Clark 2 Comments

Batam is an island of Riau Islands province, in the region of Sumatra, Indonesia. Batam is about 20km to the south of Singapore, and its proximity to Singapore has made it an industrial and transport hub. Batam and the neighbouring Bintan and Karimun islands were designated as a free trade zone in 2009 (the BBK […]

Filed Under: Future Cities, Indonesia Tagged With: batam, indonesia

Medan LRT

April 11, 2022 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Medan Light Rail Transit (Medan LRT) is a proposed light rail transit system in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The LRT network (called LRT Mebidangro) will have a central station in Merdeka Medan field, and three lines have been proposed for the system. Medan LRT Maps And Lines [Map source.] [Map source.] northsumatrainvest.id: Corridor 1 […]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Urban Rail Transit Tagged With: indonesia, light rail transit, medan, sumatra

Nusantara – New Capital City of Indonesia

January 18, 2022 By James Clark 1 Comment

Indonesia is planning to move its capital from Jakarta in Java to a new city named Nusantara in East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The move is in part to relieve pressure on traffic-clogged Jakarta, which is sinking, polluted and crowded. A new capital city would also be a way of symbolically centralising the […]

Filed Under: Indonesia Tagged With: borneo, indonesia, jakarta, kalimantan, new city

Manggarai Station – The future central railway station of Jakarta

November 1, 2021 By James Clark Leave a Comment

Manggarai Station is a railway station in Jakarta that serves the Greater Jakarta Commuterline and Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link. The station is being expanded to become the new terminus station for most intercity trains, replacing Gambir Station. The station doesn’t include the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (that will be at Halim Station). The ground floor level […]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Railways Tagged With: indonesia, jakarta, java, manggarai, railway station, railways

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