Yuli Tri Suwarni , The Jakarta Post , Bandung Fri, 01/08/2010 8:13 PM National
A consortium comprising of almost 20 companies for the Hydrogen Hi-Speed Rail Super Highway (H2RSH) project is scheduled to start its feasibility study on Jan. 11, 2010, involving transportation experts from the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB).
West Java Regional Investment Coordinating Agency (BKPMD) chief Iwa Karniwa said the feasibility study was needed to finalize the plan for the US$3 billion project scheduled for realization in two years time.
“We have to vigorously move forward because the investors’ are enthusiastic to realize the project and consider the positive impact of the project on economic development,” Iwa told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
The H2RSH project, he said, would cover a corridor of 357 kilometers from Cirebon, West Java, to Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Tangerang, Banten. He said, the trip would only take some 1.5 hours.
Iwa expressed confidence that the project, 80 percent located in West Java region and the rest Greater Jakarta and Banten province, would not “consume” much land as it would be like a monorail and operate above ground.
(Note: In the Malaysian Peninsula, the double tracking project from Ipoh to the Thai border costs about USD3.5b. With the same amount of money, a high speed rail link could be built between KL and Singapore, bringing the two commercial capitals with combined population of about 10 millions closer together, but wiser people thought otherwise - blogger)
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