People attend a ceremony marking the completion of the welding of all 500-meter rails needed for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, in Bandung, Indonesia, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)
A total of 1,168 pieces of 500-meter-long steel rails are needed for the 142.3-km line, and each of those long rails was welded in 15 steps from 50-meter steel rails imported from China.
JAKARTA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The welding of all 500-meter rails needed for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway was completed on Tuesday, laying a solid foundation for the completion of track laying in mid-February this year.
A total of 1,168 pieces of 500-meter-long steel rails are needed for the 142.3-km line, and each of those long rails was welded in 15 steps from 50-meter steel rails imported from China. The work has been jointly completed by Chinese and Indonesian employees.
The Chinese Construction Consortium used a complete set of Chinese long rail welding equipment at Tegualluar Rail Welding Base, the first rail welding base for high-speed railway outside China. The base adopts Chinese equipment, technology and standards, with innovations to adapt to the high temperature and high humidity in Indonesia.
The last long rail is seen during a ceremony marking the completion of the welding of all 500-meter rails needed for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, in Bandung, Indonesia, Jan. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Zulkarnain)
The high-speed line, a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, connects Indonesia's capital Jakarta and its fourth-largest city Bandung, which is also the capital of West Java province.
With a design speed of 350 km per hour, the railway will cut the journey between Jakarta and Bandung from over three hours to around 40 minutes.■