Chinese lay tracks for Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

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Chinese lay tracks for Indonesia's Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway​

#China and #Indonesia recently began joint construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (#HSR). Built with Chinese technology, the Jakarta-Bandung HSR is a landmark project of the Belt and Road Initiative that will slash the journey between the two cities from more than three hours to around 40 minutes. The route is 142 kilometers long, with a design speed of 350 km per hour. On the main line, the ballasted track section is 112.8 kilometers, while the ballastless section is 166.6 km long, all using 50-meter rails produced in China.

 

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First phase of China-Thailand high-speed railway bridge completed​

The first super-large bridge of the first phase of the China-Thailand high-speed railway project was completed and has entered the full construction stage. The first section of the railway is 253 kilometers long and will run from the Thai capital Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima province. The second section, 356 km long, will go further northeast to the border with Laos. After the completion of the project, the "economic corridor" connecting China, Laos and Thailand will promote logistics, trade and economic development.