REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The government estimates that the Jakarta-Surabaya semi-high speed train project will cost Rp80 trillion.

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said at a press conference on Friday that the cost was based on a preliminary study conducted by the Ministry of Transportation and the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT).

With a speed of 160 kilometers (km) per hour, and powered with electricity, the semi-high speed trains will cover the Jakarta - Surabaya route within five hours.

Luhut said the train's electric power system would be a step forward in the use of technology, because other long distance trains continue to use diesel fuel."For the cost, frankly, we would like to follow the DED (detailed engineering design) calculation. The cost figure released by the government of Japan is approximately Rp102 trillion. We see that the figure still could be lowered to less than Rp80 trillion. Yet, the investment remains very large," he said.

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