Purworejo (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to commission a double-track railway link between Kutoarjo in Purworejo district, Central Java, and Yogyakarta on Tuesday.
"The president and his entourage will arrive here from Yogyakarta on Tuesday to commission the double railway track at Kutoarjo station," state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) sopkesman Noor Hamidi said here on Monday.
He said the 64-kilometer double railway track from Kutoarjo to Yogyakarta was constructed from 2004 to 2007 at a total cost of Rp900 billion provided by the Japanese government through the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
According to Noor Hamidi, the construction of the double railway track was intended to improve railway services by increasing train traffic frequency.
He said the president on the occasion would also commission an electric train depot of PT KAI`s Jabotabek (Jakarta-Bogor-Tangerang-Bekasi) division in Depok, West Java, by a teleconference facility at Kutoarjo station.
"The president will sign two plaques and then conduct a teleconference with Depok," he said, adding that after the inauguration, the head of state and his entourage would return to Yogyakarta by a special train.
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