Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a ride on Wednesday on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.
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00:00 Indonesian President Joko Widodo took a ride Wednesday on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed
00:05 Railway, a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.
00:12 Speaking highly of the efforts made by Chinese and Indonesian workers, Widodo said the Jakarta-Bandung
00:18 High-Speed Railway would officially start commercial operation in early October.
00:24 Widodo described the train-taking experience as smooth and comfortable.
00:28 He expressed his hope for the Indonesian people to use public transportation more frequently
00:33 to ease the traffic pressure between Jakarta and Bandung.
00:37 I have been to the high-speed railway project four times.
00:44 But this is my first time.
00:46 I felt comfortable and at the speed of 350 km/h, I did not feel anything.
00:56 Both when I was sitting and driving.
01:01 We hope that the use of private cars will be shifted to the express train so that traffic
01:08 jams on the road can be reduced and pollution can be reduced.
01:16 The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway connects Indonesia's capital Jakarta and West Java's
01:21 provincial capital Bandung.
01:23 With a design speed of 350 km/h, the railway spanning 142.3 km will cut the journey between
01:33 the two cities from over three hours to around 40 minutes.
01:37 It is the first overseas high-speed railway project that fully uses Chinese railway systems,
01:43 technology and industrial components.
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