PT Kereta Api Indonesia Commuter Jabodetabek (KCJ), a unit of state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI), will order 50 used carriages from Japan to increase the seating capacity of the company’s service in Jakarta.
KCJ president director Bambang Wibiyanto said the used carriages, worth Rp 1 billion each, would be delivered to Jakarta by year-end.
“We want to provide more a comfortable service for the commuters. By increasing the number of carriages, we can transport more people in Greater Jakarta,” he said after the launch of the 7000 series electric train in Jakarta on Thursday.
As the only company providing a mass transportation alternative in Greater Jakarta, KCJ plans to procure 118 used carriages from Japan this year. So far the company has received 60 of the carriages ordered.
Currently KJC and KAI operate 410 carriages, servicing 450,000 passengers daily. Bambang said the company needed at least 500 carriages to serve 550,000 passengers in Greater Jakarta every day.
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