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Kereta Api to start Priok rail line revamp

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After halting passenger service in 2000, the Tanjung Priok Station in North Jakarta will start revamping its tracks by mid March and partially reopen the station for passengers by May. “We will start renovating the 9 kilometers of track to Jakarta’s Kota Station and the 8 km of track to Kemayoran Station by mid March,” said Akhmad Sujadi Jakarta spokesperson for state-owned railroad PT Kereta Api. Akhmad told The Jakarta Post on Saturday the company would also repair 12 broken bridges along those same routes, renovate electrical connections, and upgrade the currently mechanical signaling system into an electrical one. “The revamps are scheduled to partially finish in May, when we will reopen the passenger service by using the revamped tracks connecting Tanjung Priok to the Kota and Kemayoran stations,” Akhmad said. The Tanjung Priok Station will officially re-open May 20. “By the end of this year, the Tanjung Priok station restoration will be fully completed and fully effective for pas