Jakarta LRT

Jakarta LRT (Jakarta Light Rail Transit) is a light metro system that currently is under construction in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. It has two executing authorities, routes within Jakarta will be implemented by DKI provincial government, where as routes that connect Greater Jakarta will be implemented by the central government. The system is planned to connect Jakarta city center with suburbs in Greater Jakarta such as Bekasi, Bogor and Depok.^[1]

Background

Some of the abandoned Jakarta Monorail project will be used in the LRT project

The construction of the Jakarta light rail transit is meant to ease the congestion of Jakarta's traffic. The current plan for Jakarta's light rail transit system is a substitute for the now cancelled Jakarta Monorail project.^[2]

The monorail project in Jakarta was planned in the early 2000s. Construction started in 2004 but immediately stalled due to lack of 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, has gained criticism, as it only connects 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 serves 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. The Jakarta municipal government refused the PT Jakarta Monorel proposal to build the monorail depot over Setiabudi reservoir near Dukuh Atas and the West Jakarta Flood Canal near Tanah Abang, arguing that construction would harm the canal and dam structure. The design of grand elevated monorail stations also raised some critical questions, since the supporting pylons will occupy public spaces; street, canal, pedestrian and public parks.^[6] The design of grand monorail stations and operator insistence on the right to lease the spaces in stations, also has sparked arguments over the suspicions that the operator is actually intends to build some new malls, shopping centres or office spaces over Jakarta's street in the guise of monorail stations. The Dukuh Atas monorail station, for example, was proposed to be part of a 10 story building, with much of its space being leased for commercial purposes.^[7]

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. The common track gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), will make the LRT easier to integrate with the existing commuter railways and under construction Jakarta MRT.^[8]

The rolling stock will be supplied by Hyundai Rotem.

As of May 2017, the progress of the construction is 15%.^[9]

Network Lines

LRT by DKI Provincial Government

DKI Jakarta Provincial Government plans 7 routes for LRT within the city as follows,

• Kebayoran Lama - Kelapa Gading along 21.6 km
• Tanah Abang - Pulo Mas along 17.6 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.

Total cost of the project will cost around Rp 60 trillion.^[10] Construction of the route 1 started on 22 June, 2016. First six kilometers of the route connecting Kelapa Gading Depot, Kelapa Gading Mall Station, Boulevard Station, Pulomas Station, Equestrian Station, and Velodrome Station is expected to be opened to the public before 2018 Asian Games.^[11] On June 26, 2017 the constructions have finished 29.61 percent and all the constructions are predicted will be finished at end of 2017 or in January 2018, it means 2 or 3 moths earlier than its plan.^[12]

LRT by Central Government

In 2015 it was announced that the Indonesian Cabinet Secretary has endorsed to build the three light rail transit lines of the system.^[13][14] The first phase project will cost 11.9 trillion rupiah (903.6 million US dollars), while the total investment cost of this project is estimated to reach 23.8 trillion rupiah (1.8 billion US dollars).^[15]A groundbreaking ceremony was held on September 9, 2015, with the first phase of the construction will connect Cibubur in East Jakarta with Dukuh Atas in downtown Central Jakarta, passing through Cawang intersection. This phase will be 42.1 kilometers long, which include 18 stations, and expected to be opened to the public by the first half of 2018, prior of 2018 Asian Games.^[16]

•  L1  - Senayan-Baranangsiang Line
  • Station Name: Senayan - Gelora - Palmerah - Dukuh Atas - Kuningan Sentral - Soemantri Brodjonegoro - Kuningan - SMESCO - Pancoran - Tebet BKPM - Cikoko - Cawang - Taman Mini - Kampung Rambutan - Ciracas - Cibubur - Cibinong - Sirkuit Sentul - Sentul City - Baranangsiang
•  L2  - Cawang-Bekasi Timur Line
  • Station Name: Cawang - Jaticempaka - Jatibening - Cikunir - Bekasi Barat - Bekasi Timur^[17]
•  L3  - Palmerah-Grogol Line
  • Station Name: Palmerah - Tomang - Grogol

Construction Phase I

The first phase of LRT is planned to include three lines:^[18]

• Cibubur-Cawang: 13.7 kilometres
• Cawang-Dukuh Atas: 10.5 kilometres (Phase I A)
• Bekasi Timur-Cawang: 17.9 kilometres (Phase I B)

Construction Phase I began on September 9, 2015 and was initially predicted to finish in late 2017, however, due to funding restructuring it is now hoped to finish in time for the ASEAN Games in 2018 and as of May 2017 is believed to be 15% completed.^[19]

Construction Phase II

The second phase will extent the first phase lines:

• Cibubur-Bogor Baranangsiang
• Dukuh Atas-Palmerah-Senayan
• Palmerah-Grogol

The construction phase of extension for the planned route from Grogol - Pesing - Rawa Buaya - Kamal Raya - Dadap - Soekarno–Hatta International Airport is proposed, but was not mentioned in Peraturan Presiden Republik Indonesia Nomor 98 Tahun 2015.^[14]

References

External links

• Adhi Karya:Jakarta LRT environmental impact assessment (in Indonesian)