Tempo Interactive, Tuesday, 06 April, 2010 | 19:18 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The Transport Department has handed Swedish vehicle producer Bombardier Inc. a 32-million euro contract to build ten sets of electric trains for Indonesian railway company PT Kereta Api.
The departement said the trains will reinforce Jakarta's commuter railway network and Bombardier is expected to complete the trains in 2011.
Safety and Technical Director of the Transport Department's railway directorate Hermanto Dwiatmoko said on Tuesday, german KfW banking Group provided soft loan for the trains through a deal signed with the Finance Department in 2008.
International tender was part of the requirements by KfW Bank for the order, which then held in europe and won by Bombardier which teamed up with PT Kereta Api.
“Bombardier will produce motor traction and control system while PT Kereta Api will assemble an install the system,” Hermanto said.
The project also involve order for two 5,000-kilowatt railway substations, won by Siemens – PT LEN Industri.
The railway directorate said to inspect production of the traction motor and control system in Bombardier's facility in Sweden, next week, although production is scheduled to begin later this year.
DESY PAKPAHAN
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