High-speed rail in Indonesia

The Whoosh (short for Waktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Hebat, lit. 'Timesaving, Optimal Operation, Excellent System')[4][5] is the brand name for high-speed train services on the Jakarta–Bandung high-speed railway (Indonesian: Kereta Cepat Jakarta–Bandung) operated by Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC).[6][7] The Whoosh is the first high-speed railway in Southeast Asia,[8] covering a distance of 142.3 kilometres (88.4 mi) with a top service speed 350 kilometres per hour (220 mph),[9] connecting two of Indonesia's First and Third largest cities, Greater Jakarta with over 34 million population and Greater Bandung with population of 11 million, serving a total of 45 million population.[10][note 1] It reduces the travel time between the two cities from 2 hours to about 40 minutes.[11]

For rail transport in Indonesia generally, see Rail transport in Indonesia
Whoosh
KCIC400AF passing through Bandung
Overview
Native nameWaktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Hebat
StatusOperational
OwnerKereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC)
LocaleJava
Termini
Stations4 (3 opened, 1 under construction)
WebsiteOfficial website
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
Operator(s)Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC)
Depot(s)Tegalluar
Rolling stockKCIC400AF
History
Opened2 October 2023 (2023-10-02)
Technical
Line length142.3 km (88.4 mi)
Number of tracksDouble-track
CharacterViaduct, Tunnel, and grade-separated
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed
  • Service:
  • 350 km/h (220 mph)[1]
  • Design:
  • 420 km/h (260 mph)[2]
  • Record:
  • 385 km/h (239 mph)[3]
Highest elevation25–824 m (82–2,703 ft)
Current and proposed high-speed railway in Java, Indonesia

The Whoosh's total cost is $7.3 billion USD.[12][13][14][15] The rolling stock for the Whoosh has been stated to be the KCIC400AF Fuxing EMU trainsets.[16] The first trainset arrived in Indonesia mid-2022 and was tested on 16 November 2022, during the G20 Bali summit.[17] The Jakarta-Bandung HSR line performed further trial runs in May 2023, during an ASEAN Summit,[17][18] and was initially scheduled to begin general operation in August 2023, coinciding with Indonesia's independence day celebrations.[19][20] The project's opening was then delayed to September, with officials citing a need to ensure passenger safety as the primary cause.[21] The Jakarta-Bandung HSR began trial operation with passengers on 7 September 2023, and commercial operations on 2 October 2023.[22][23]

History and development

Concepts for high-speed rail (HSR) in Indonesia were first seriously contemplated in 2008, leading to detailed plans being set forth in 2015.[24] The plan to start construction of the Jakarta-Bandung HSR was announced by the Indonesian government in July 2015, after the Chinese President and other world leaders visited the Bandung Conference.[25][26]

Both Japan and China expressed their interest in the high-speed rail projects in Indonesia. Previously, both countries had carried out comprehensive studies into a project for the Jakarta–Bandung section (142.3 km (88.4 mi)). Only the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), had issued a study for a project extending to Surabaya (730 km (450 mi)).[25] The Indonesian HSR bid marked a rivalry between Japan and China in their competition for Asian infrastructure projects.[27]

Japan's proposal
Shinkansen E5 series proposed by Japan

Since 2008, Japan has been working on a plan to export their Shinkansen high-speed railway technology to Indonesia. During the Indonesia-Japan Friendship Festival in November 2008, Japan showcased their Shinkansen technology to Indonesian audiences.[28] The idea of high-speed rail backed by funding through soft loans has been proposed by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the Indonesian island of Java, linking up the densely populated corridor from the capital Jakarta to Surabaya (730 km (450 mi)).[29][30] The island, similar in many respects including terrain and urban density to pre-HSR Honshu, suffered greatly from both freight and passenger congestion.[31]

The idea had been around for some years. However, a new proposal to divide the project into stages emerged, with the first stage being built from Jakarta to Bandung. The conventional travel time of 3 hours would be reduced to 35 minutes at a price of 78 trillion rupiah. JICA finished the detailed feasibility study in 2014. This succeeded an initial study in 2012. By 2013 Indonesia had been undergoing a revival in railway expansion and upgrades. High-speed corridors had been proposed but not implemented.

Japanese domination in the high-speed rail project appeared to be unchallenged until April 2015, when China made a counter-offer.[32]

In March 2015, Joko Widodo travelled to Tokyo and Beijing. In Tokyo, from 22 to 25 March, Joko Widodo met then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Widodo obtained a commitment for Japanese loan support for improving Jakarta's municipal rail network, but no progress was made on resolving issues with the Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail project.[27]

China's bid
CR400AF proposed by China.

On 26 March 2015, Joko Widodo visited Beijing and met China's leader Xi Jinping. Xi publicly announced support for the Indonesian high-speed project and the two governments signed a memorandum specifying China's interest in the Jakarta–Bandung line.[27] In April 2015, China submitted a bid for the Indonesian high-speed rail project, much to Japan's dismay.[33]

In July 2015, the Indonesian government released its plan to build the high-speed rail connecting Jakarta and Bandung, and arranged a contest between Japanese and Chinese train-makers as potential bidders.[25] China responded by launching the Chinese High-speed Rail Technology Exposition in Senayan City shopping mall in Jakarta in August 2015.[34]

Both China and Japan have engaged in fierce competition through intense lobbying for the contract. Some have said that the fundamental reason is geostrategy, rather than economics.[35][36]

Short cancellation

President Joko Widodo was expected to announce the winning bid of Indonesia's first high-speed rail project in early September 2015. However, on 3 September 2015, the Indonesian government announced that it had cancelled the high-speed rail project, and was now favouring the slower and cheaper rail alternative.[37]

Bid winner

In mid-September 2015, China announced it would fully meet the Indonesian government's demands and offered a new proposal that did not require Indonesia to assume any fiscal burden or debt guarantee in proceeding with the project.[38] Later that month, Indonesia selected China for the $5 billion project.[39][40][41] Indonesia awarded the contract to China. Some analysists speculated that Beijing had outmanoeuvred Tokyo on the bid as a result of a competitive financing package for Indonesia.[33][42]

Japan's then-Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga called the Indonesian move "difficult to understand" and "extremely regrettable".[29][32] The situation "can only be described as extremely deplorable," Suga also said.[38] Indonesia's State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno confirmed the Chinese bid was picked instead of the Japanese plan because of its relaxed financing.[43]

China supplemented its bid by committing to establish a joint venture with Indonesian firms to produce rolling stock for high-speed rail, electric rail, light rail systems, not only for Indonesia but also for export to other Asian countries; to transfer related technology; and to renovate and rebuild train stations.[27]

Development and construction

In January 2016, the Indonesian transportation minister released a route permit[44] for a high-speed railway between Jakarta and Bandung (142.3 kilometres) with stations located at Halim (Jakarta end), Karawang, Walini, and Tegalluar (Bandung end) with a Tegalluar depot.[45] 71.63-kilometre (44.51 mi) of the track would be at ground level, 53.54-kilometre (33.27 mi) would be elevated, and 15.63-kilometre (9.71 mi) would be underground.[46] The concession period, the period during which only the KCIC can operate the line, is 50 years from 31 May 2019 and cannot be prolonged, except in a force majeure situation.[47] Ground was broken on the project on 21 January 2016 and is expected to be completed in September 2023. The HSR is governed by the KCIC, an organization composed 60 percent by an Indonesian consortium, and 40 percent by China Railway International.[48] The Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail was planned to begin its operations in 2019.[49] The Bandung-Surabaya section, though initially a priority due to heavy congestion, was officially shelved for budget reasons in early 2015.

September 2023, Electrical Multiple Units High-Speed Train at Halim Station of Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail (KCJB)

In October 2016, the Indonesian government announced its intention to build a 600-kilometre (370 mi) medium-high speed railway between Jakarta and Surabaya, and invited Japan to participate in this project.[50] However, almost seven years later, in July 2023 the project was cancelled due to the lack of progress. Subsequently, President Joko Widodo removed the Jakarta-Surabaya semi-high speed train from the national strategic project (PSN) towards the end of his term in 2024.[51]

In 2023, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail construction partially finished and is set to start commercial operation starting October 2023.[52] The Jakarta-Bandung HSR began trial operation with passengers on 7 September 2023, and commercial operations on 2 October 2023.[53][23]

Controversies

In April 2016, five Chinese high-speed rail project workers were arrested at Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase.[54] This incident highlighted the refusal of Indonesian Air Force to give up lands belonging to the Halim Perdanakusuma airbase in East Jakarta. It was reported that one of the railway stations would be located on land currently within Halim Airbase.[55]

In February 2018, Onan Hiroshi, a Japanese cartoonist, described Indonesian President Joko Widodo as a "High-speed rail beggar"[56] pointing out Indonesia's request for Japan's assistance in completing the project. The cartoon quickly drew protest from Indonesian internet users, and by 25 February, the cartoonist tweeted an apology, removed the drawings and closed the page.[57]

High-Speed Rail Phase I
Jakarta–Bandung High-Speed Rail
Halim
DKI Jakarta
Jawa Barat
 Karawang
 Walini
 Padalarang  B   C   KC  Kereta Api Indonesia
 Tegalluar
Tegalluar Depot

Infrastructure

11% of the railway is Tunnel spanned over 13 tunnels and 38% is set on Viaduct. Tunnel 6 which is the longest tunnel, has a length of 4,478 meters on the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail.[58] Halim railway station, the largest station on the railway, is situated in Makasar in East Jakarta and consists of three platforms with six track lines; it is expected to connect with LRT Jabodebek. The station has a total area of 78,315 square metres.[59]

The railway is built on a double track and electrified, suitable for 350 km/h (220 mph), making Indonesia only the second country with the fastest railway network in the world that operates commercially, on par with China.

Stations

Initial 4 stations[60]

Station Transfers Station Distance[61] Travel Distance Location
Halim
- 0 km East Jakarta Jakarta
Karawang Under Construction 41.17 km 41.17 km Karawang Regency West Java
Padalarang
55.55 km 97.22 km West Bandung Regency
Tegalluar Bus interchange DAMRI and Bigbird shuttle buses

(with further transfer to  B   C  at Gedebage station)

 45.58 km 142.80 km Bandung Regency

Rolling stock

The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail will use 11 trainsets of the derivative of CR400AF called KCIC400AF.[62][63] There is also one comprehensive inspection train which is also a derivative of CR400AF called KCIC400AF-CIT.[62][63] All trains are manufactured by CRRC Qingdao Sifang.[62][63]

Maintenance facility
  • Tegalluar Depot (Cileunyi, Bandung)

Funding and joint venture
KCIC400AF-CIT passing through Bekasi.

The China Railway Group Limited (CREC) will form a joint venture with a consortium of Indonesia's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) led by PT Wijaya Karya Tbk in developing the first High Speed Train (HST) in the country.[64]

On Friday, 16 October 2015, Chinese and Indonesian state-owned companies officially signed the deal to build the first high-speed railway in Indonesia.[65] The project cost was estimated to be US$5.5 billion (80 trillion rupiah). The deal was signed by China Railway International Co. Ltd. Chairman Yang Zhongmin and Dwi Windarto, the president director of a consortium of Indonesian state companies, PT Pilar Sinergi BUMN Indonesia.[66] China Development Bank has given a commitment to fund 75 percent of the project costs with loan terms of 40 years for the loan—with an initial grace period of 10 years—with fixed loan rate. CRCC will hold majority shares in the planned JV company, while WIKA holds 30 percent and small portions for local toll operator PT Jasa Marga Tbk (IDX: JSMR), train operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia and plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara VIII.[64]

In late August 2016, it was reported that the China Development Bank had not yet disbursed funds for the loan and that KCIC, the consortium executing the project, was not sure when funds would become available.[67]

2016
  • January Indonesian president Joko Widodo attended a ground breaking ceremony near Jakarta and announced that the project had commenced.
  • May Continual delays in acquiring land were being reported. The president of the Indonesian joint venture firm managing the project KCIC, Hanggoro Budi Wiryawan, expressed frustration at the Department of Transport requirement that all of the land needed for the project (estimated to be 600 ha) be acquired before final construction permits could be issued. Hanggoro argued that it was more usual for construction permits to be issued when just 10% of the required land for a project had been acquired. He said that the delays in the Department of Transport were unreasonable. Issues surrounding acquisition of land were complicated by the fact that the main station at the Jakarta end was planned to be on land occupied by the Indonesian Air Force at Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport. It was not clear whether the Air Force was prepared to release the land.
  • August The Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, Rini Soemarno, said that the process of issuing permits for the project was running smoothly after earlier delays. She said that she believed that construction on the railway could start within a week.
  • November 82 percent of land needed has been acquired, but bank funding will only be attainable after 100 percent land is acquired.[68]

2017
  • March The project is stalled due to land, finance and security issues. Among others is the Indonesian Air Force reluctance to release 49 hectares of the lands surrounding Halim Perdanakusuma Airbase on the south-eastern outskirts of Jakarta for the construction of the station.[69]
  • April PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC) and High-Speed Railway Contractor Consortium (KSRCC) signed an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract on the Jakarta – Bandung bullet train on April 4, 2017. Contractors will proceed with construction following the contract signing.[70]

2018
  • January The Jakarta Post referred to the project as "stagnant" and Maritime Affairs Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan announced that a review would be conducted to consider whether a high-speed rail system really was needed between Jakarta and Bandung because "the cities are only 140 kilometres apart."[71]
  • March It was reported that government agencies (the National Land Agency and the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry) suspected that there had been maladministration in the acquisition of over 1,800 plots of land for the project. As a result, approval of permits for the use of land for the project had been delayed.[72]
  • April State-owned enterprises minister Rini Soemarno, on a visit to Beijing, said that project construction would start in the coming month, May, and that she hoped that perhaps construction could start even sooner. She also said that she hoped land acquisition could be completed by the end of May.[73]
  • July Three lawsuits received legal approval from the courts to proceed with claims seeking compensation for their properties affected by the project. Meanwhile, KCIC said that the progress of the project would not be affected by the lawsuits. The main financier of the project, China Development Bank, had disbursed $170 million in May and was due to disburse another $1.1 billion before the end of July.[74]
  • August Beginning construction after a cooperation contract was signed with Cars Dardela Joint Operation as construction supervisor for the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Train Project.[75]

2019
  • March The boring machine arrived and was assembled. Drilling started under the Jakarta-Cikampek Toll Road between KM 3+600 - KM5+800. Progress Reached 13%[76]
  • May The Walini tunnel become the first breakthrough tunnel in the high speed rail projects. Celebrated by many group of minister including a Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Rini Soemarno and the West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil. According to Rini Soemarno, progress reached 17.5% but estimated to be 59% in late 2019,[77] and land acquisition was almost 100%.[77] Ridwan Kamil hoped to commence the high speed rail operation in 2021.[78]
  • September The construction progress reached 32.8% and land acquisition progress reached 99.0%.[79]
  • October Construction progress 38.2%.[80]

2020

In mid-February 2020, construction progress reached 44 percent and land acquisitions reach 99.96 percent.[81] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work of the project has been halted temporarily, resulting in the delay of the targeted finish of construction and start of the operation.[82] Three months later, construction progress reached 48.3 percent and the construction works resumed, which follow government's health and safety measures, such as social/physical distancing in response to the pandemic.[83] In September, Director of KCIC Xin Xuezhong stated that construction progress reached 60 percent and land acquisitions reached 100 percent.[84][85]

2021
  • April The General Manager of Material Equipment of PT KCIC stated that until March 2021 the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail has reached 70 percent and is expected to be completed by the end of 2022.[86]
  • November Construction progress 79%.[87]

2022
  • According to the Jakarta Post, Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi, the president director of KCIC, said that based on a 2022 third-party review, demand for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail line had fallen to 31,215 passenger trips per day, just over half of the 61,157 estimated in a 2017 feasibility study.[88]
  • September KCIC received the first delivery of KCIC400AF trainsets in Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta.[89]
  • November During the G20 Summit in Bali, President Jokowi and Xi remotely attended the trial run of CIT400AF inspection train, which ended a series of its maiden powered runs on HSR tracks to the west of Tegalluar station.[90]
  • December A track laying machine and a DF4B locomotive used in the construction of the railway derailed in West Bandung west of Padalarang station, killing 2 workers and injuring another four. As result, track laying activities were temporarily halted while other construction works were allowed to continue.[91][92]

2023
A Comprehensive Inspection Train (CIT) in Karawang.
  • May Starting Monday, 22 May 2023, KCIC is gradually increasing the travel speed of the Jakarta Bandung Fast Train (KCJB). This is done during the test or testing and commissioning of the train. With the comprehensive inspection train (CIT), the speed of the train was increased from the previous average of 60 to 180 km/h (37 to 112 mph). The increase in the speed or speed of the trial can finally be done after all the initial preparations for testing and commissioning have been successfully completed.[93]
  • June The speed level of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Train (KCJB) continued to increase during the trial period. For the first time the train reached a maximum speed of 385 km/h (239 mph) in a test on Thursday, 22 June 2023. The trial was attended by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi. Luhut and Budi Karya tried KCJB from Halim Station, Jakarta, to Padalarang Station and Tegalluar Station, Bandung, round trip. The top speed has reached its maximum at 385 km/h (239 mph).[3]
  • June The next trial was connecting the two train series was carried out to test reliability if it runs together as a form of anticipation if passengers boom. At certain moments, the train can be combined to increase the transport capacity. Mainly to anticipate a surge in passengers during high season, such as Eid al-Fitr, Christmas and New Year's homecoming, long holidays, and others.[94]
  • September The High Speed Rail officially opened on Thursday after CCTV announced the opening after many delays of the opening of the line.[94]
  • October The Line commenced operations on 2 October.[94]

High-Speed Rail Phase 2

In 2023, Indonesia and Chinese authorities discussed further plans to extend the railway across the Java island, from Jakarta to Surabaya.[95][96]

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Notes
  1. The railway does not enter Bandung City proper

See also
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