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Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway: A guide to the future fastest train in Southeast Asia

May 23, 2023 By James Clark 1 Comment

The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway is an under-construction railway in Java, Indonesia. The current railway between Jakarta and Bandung takes from 2h 50m to 3h 29m to cover the 168.5 km trip. The new railway covers 142.3 km and is expected to reduce travel time to 40 minutes. The train will be able to travel at […]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Railways Tagged With: bandung, indonesia, jakarta, railways

Nusantara – New Capital City of Indonesia

May 23, 2023 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

Siantar – Parapat Railway: The missing link for the Medan – Lake Toba Railway

May 22, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Siantar – Parapat Railway is a proposed railway to connect Medan to Lake Toba in North Sumatra. There is already a railway from Medan to Siantar, so this extension is the missing link to connect the largest city in Sumatra to one of the most popular tourist destinations on the island. [Parapat on Lake […]

Filed Under: Indonesia, Railways Tagged With: indonesia, lake toba, medan, parapat, sumatra

Batam LRT

May 17, 2023 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

Bali Railway – News and resources for the proposed Bali rail transit system

May 17, 2023 By James Clark Leave a Comment

The Bali Railway is a proposed light rail transit system connecting Ngurah Rai International Airport to Kuta and the southern beaches. There has never been a railway on Bali, so this would be the first if it is built. Bali has a population of over 4 million people, and most of the population is around […]

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

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

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

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

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