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 […]
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Batam construction update – 2022 edition
Construction report for major projects in Batam as of August 2022. 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 […]
Future Batam
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 […]
Medan LRT
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 […]
Manggarai Station: the future central railway station of Jakarta
Manggarai Station is a railway station in Jakarta that serves the commuter railway and Soekarno–Hatta Line. 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 will serve the […]
Bandung Urban Transit System
Bandung is a city in West Java, Indonesia. Greater Bandung is the second-largest metropolitan area in Indonesia (after Jakarta), and these two cities will be connected by the first high-speed railway in Indonesia. There have been various plans to build an urban transit system in Bandung, including a monorail, cable car system, and light rail […]
Palembang LRT – The first light rail transit in Indonesia
The Palembang LRT (or South Sumatra Light Rail Transit) is a light rail transit system in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia. The single-line system connects Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II International Airport to Jakabaring Sport City. The line was built to service the 2018 Asian Games, which Palembang co-hosted with Jakarta. It has the distinction of being […]
SWF will finance the construction of LRT and MRT in 5 cities in Indonesia
[Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi prepared plans to build MRT and LRT in five cities, namely Bali, Bandung, Surabaya, Medan and Makassar, through endowment funds. (Muchlis Jr – Presidential Secretariat Bureau).] Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi is preparing plans to build mass rapid transit (MRT) and light rail transit (LRT) in five cities […]
Trans-Sulawesi Railway – Makassar to Manado by train
The Trans-Sulawesi Railway is a proposed railway that would connect the two biggest cities in Sulawesi, from Makassar in the south to Manado in the North. The first stage is currently under construction, from Makassar to Parepare. There are plans for other lines in the future that will cover all four peninsulas of the island. […]
Future Jakarta – The world’s future largest city
Jakarta is the biggest city in Southeast Asia in terms of population and building height. While Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur have more well-known skyscrapers, Jakarta has the biggest overall skyline. It’s ranked tenth in the world for the number of buildings over 200 metres. Even though the government will move the capital to a new […]
