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Indonesia operates a single high-speed rail service between two of the country's largest cities, Jakarta and Bandung. It is branded as Whoosh (short for Waktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Hebat, lit. 'Timesaving, Optimal Operation, Outstanding System') and operated by Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC)
Whoosh is the first high-speed railway in Southeast Asia,[11] as well as being the only high-speed railway in the Southern Hemisphere.It covers a distance of 143 kilometres (89 mi) with a maximum operating speed of 350 km/h (220 mph), and design speed of KCIC400AF train of 420 km/h (260 mph), making it the second fastest commercially operating railway network in the world. The travel time between the two cities averages 45 minutes, down from 3 hours with existing railway line.
With the cost of $7.3 billion to build, the line began trial operation with passengers on 7 September 2023 and commercial operations on 17 October 2023. The Whoosh high speed train has served 5.0 million passengers during 11 months of commercial operation. As of September 2024, there are 62 daily trips of Whoosh.
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