Indonesian president takes ride on Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway

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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.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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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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