STORY: Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway hits design speed of 350 km/h in test run
DATELINE: June 23, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:15
LOCATION: Jakarta
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of joint commissioning, testing on Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway
2. various of facilities in high-speed railway station

STORYLINE:

A train running on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) reached a speed of 350 km/h for the first time in a test run on Thursday.

This milestone indicates that the HSR has met the design speed standard and accomplished the interim goals of the dynamic testing, which started on May 22.

In the past month, the inspection train used in the testing gradually sped up from 180 km/h to 350 km/h.

The functionality, performance, and various system indicators of the HSR have met the design requirements, paving the way for future trials and the official commencement of operation.

The train is expected to reach 385 km/h as required in the following test.

The high-speed line, a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, connects Indonesia's capital Jakarta and another major city Bandung.

The railway will cut the travel time between Jakarta and Bandung from over three hours to around 40 minutes.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jakarta.
(XHTV)