STORY: Exploring Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway
DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2023
LENGTH: 00:03:07
LOCATION: Jakarta
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. STANDUP (English): SUN LEI, Xinhua correspondent
2. various of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway

STORYLINE:

STANDUP (English): SUN LEI, Xinhua correspondent
"This is the Tegalluar station, the last station along the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway which is the first of its kind in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

What's so special about Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway?

Let's find out.

This is a ticket office where you can buy tickets for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway on vending machines or you can buy tickets online on an app on your phone. It's very convenient, just like what we do in China.

With an area of 16,000 square meters, the Tegalluar station is the second largest station along the line.

Now let's go to the waiting lounge.

The waiting lounge is so spacious and the information is so clear and concise.

This train of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway looks sleek and beautiful as it combines the trademarks of Indonesia's Komodo Dragon. Now let's get on board this train. This is also my first time. Let's go.

This is the canteen on this train and this is how it looks.

The view from this train is really good. I think it's a lot better than the traditional trains.

The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway fully adopts Chinese technology and standard.

This is a customer-designed Comprehensive Inspection Train for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway and the interior design is almost the same as the passenger train for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway.

And for the passenger train there are three classes of coaches: business coaches, first class coaches and second class coaches. And each train has eight coaches and is able to carry 601 passengers.

The average speed of today's test is 160 kilometers per hour. Despite the high speed, the train doesn't shake at all, so I don't feel sick or uncomfortable.

Besides, the view along the line is much better than what I saw the other day on the traditional train. Most importantly it saves time. People no longer need to spend three or four hours on the way for less than 200 kilometers."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jakarta.
(XHTV)