Jakarta LRT

Jakarta LRT
Jakarta LRT at Boulevard Utara station
Overview
Owner Government of Jakarta
Locale Jakarta, Indonesia
Transit type Light metro
Number of lines 1 (under construction), 6 (planned)
Number of stations 18 (first phase), 41 (future)
Website www.lrtjakarta.co.id
Operation
Operation will start 2018 (planned)
Operator(s) PT. LRT Jakarta
Technical
System length 42.1 km (26.2 mi) (initial), 130.4 km (planned)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)

The Jakarta Light Rail Transit (Jakarta LRT) is a light metro system currently under construction in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. It is being implemented by the Jakarta provincial government (DKI).[1]

Background

Hyundai Rotem LRV leaving Velodrome station during a limited trial run on 7 September 2018

The Jakarta light rail transit project is aimed to tackle Jakarta's high road traffic congestion. The LRT project is substitutes the Jakarta Monorail project which has been cancelled.[2]

The monorail project in Jakarta was planned since the early 2000s. Construction commenced in 2004 but immediately stalled due to insufficient funding. In 2005 the initial pylons were constructed, however the project was abandoned altogether in 2008, leaving the unfinished pylons blocking roads. The monorail line design, including a Green loop line and Blue line, gained criticism, as it only connected shopping malls in Jakarta's city center, and would not connect to Jakarta's suburbs, which desperately need transportation infrastructure, and thus would not be useful for Jakartan commuters. Transportation experts deemed that the city center monorail project would not address Jakarta's traffic problems, but would only serve as a novelty tourists' ride.[3] To answer the need for commuter infrastructure, a consortium of five state owned enterprises, led by PT Adhi Karya (previously part of the Jakarta Monorail consortium), proposed the construction of a 39.036 km (24 mi) monorail line connecting Cibubur-Cawang-Kuningan and Bekasi-Cawang across Greater Jakarta.[4] The line will connect the 'Green' and 'Blue' lines originally planned by PT Jakarta Monorail to Jakarta's suburbs Cibubur and Bekasi.[5]

In 2013 the Jakarta monorail project was revived and relaunched. In mid 2014 however, the project was stalled after disagreement between PT Jakarta Monorel, the developer/operator, and the Jakarta Municipal Government over land acquisition for the depot as well as the station designs.[6] Following the disagreements, by 2015 the Jakarta Municipal Government terminated its contract with PT Jakarta Monorel; thus monorail project was disbanded altogether. The numerous stalled monorail support poles will be used by state-owned construction company PT Adhi Karya to develop Jakarta's light rail transit instead.[2] The shift of choice from monorail to light rail transit (LRT) system was based on several considerations; compared to monorail, LRT has higher passenger capacity, simpler intersection and switching system, and cheaper maintenance cost.

System Network

Total cost of the project will cost around Rp 60 trillion.[7] DKI Jakarta Provincial Government plans 7 routes for LRT within the city as follows,

Under construction

  •  LRT Line A  Phase 1 - Pegangsaan Dua - Kelapa Gading - Velodrome Line along 4.7 km[8]
  •  LRT Line A  Phase 2 - Velodrome - Tanah Abang along 11.8 km[9]

Planned

  • Kemayoran - Kelapa Gading along 21.6 km
  • Joglo - Tanah Abang along 11 km
  • Puri Kembangan - Tanah Abang along 9.3 km
  • Pesing - Kelapa Gading along 20.7 km
  • Pesing - Soekarno-Hatta Airport along 18.5 km
  • Cempaka Putih - Ancol along 10 km.

Construction of Route 1 started on 22 June 2016. The first six kilometers of the route connecting the Kelapa Gading Depot to Velodrome Station was 29.61% complete by June 26, 2017. It was planned for construction to be complete by late 2017 - early 2018, 2 or 3 months ahead of schedule.[10] It was expected to be operational before the 2018 Asian Games.[11] However, this did not happen as construction is not yet finished and the Indonesia Asian Games Organizing Committee (INASGOC) considered that buses would be more effective in transporting the athletes.[12][13] The test run for the LRT which was scheduled on 10 August was delayed to 15 August 2018.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rencana LRT di Jakarta". Kompas (in Indonesian). Jakarta. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Ahok confirms cancellation of monorail project". The Jakarta Post. Jakarta. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Wiji Nurhayat (27 October 2012). "Monorel Lebih Cocok Untuk Angkutan Wisata". Detik Finance (in Indonesian). Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Adhi Karya Bangun Monorel Cibubur-Cawang-Kuningan". Investor Daily.
  5. ↑ "State Firms Propose Jakarta Monorail Extension". Jakarta Globe. May 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ Syailendra (16 October 2013). "Begini Desain Stasiun Monorel Jakarta". Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ini Tujuh Rute LRT Impian Ahok".
  8. ↑ Media, Kompas Cyber (2018-08-24). "Kemenhub Lakukan Operasional Terbatas untuk LRT Kelapa Gading - Kompas.com". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  9. ↑ "LRT Fase II Velodrome-Tanah Abang Berikan Keuntungan Investor". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  10. ↑ Panji Baskhara Ramadhan (July 27, 2017). "PT Jakpro Yakin Konstruksi Fisik LRT Kelapa Gading-Velodrome Rampung Desember 2017".
  11. ↑ "In August 2018, Kelapa Gading-Rawamangun LRT to Commence Operation".
  12. ↑ Wuragil, Zacharias (12 August 2018). "Duh, LRT Jakarta Akhirnya Gagal Ikut Asian Games". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  13. ↑ "LRT gagal beroperasi saat Asian Games Jakarta" (in Indonesian). Antara. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Manurung, M Yusuf (15 August 2018). "Kantongi Izin dari Kemenhub, Hari Ini LRT Uji Operasi". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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