KAI Announces Rp4 Trillion-Plus Package: 23 New Trainsets, Bali Tram, Gambir Revamp
After meeting the President, the state railway cancelled used-train imports and unveiled three major programs in one day.
Indonesia's state railway KAI announced a package of programs worth more than Rp4 trillion on 5 November after a limited meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and KAI president director Bobby Rasyidin at the State Palace. First, KAI formally cancelled a plan to import used Japanese commuter trains and will procure 23 new trainsets instead, eight of them urgently, with a two-to-three-year target and involvement of domestic manufacturer INKA; foreign suppliers must partner with local industry. Second, KAI will build a Bali tram line from Ngurah Rai airport through Kuta, Legian and Seminyak to Canggu in two phases, budgeted above Rp2 trillion, with construction targeted from 2027 and completion around 2028. Third, Jakarta's Gambir station will be revitalized for around Rp2 trillion over two stages, funded by KAI and a banking syndication rather than a state capital injection, integrating the Monas area and the western MRT corridor.
All figures were stated at the press conference; official contract documents have not yet been published.