The red-painted train slowly drove out of the Dekarur Station of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway in Indonesia. The Indonesian people witnessed the trial operation of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway.

The Komodo dragon is endemic to Indonesia and is the largest lizard in the world. Indonesian train fans call the red-painted Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train "Red Komodo".

Over the past few years, local Internet celebrity bloggers like Dadan have been shooting every time node of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail. At every major construction and test run node, they will come to the vicinity of the project site and take everyone to witness the important moment through live broadcast.

The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail has become an "Internet celebrity" with many fans. Recently, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail was put into trial operation, enjoying star treatment, and hundreds of thousands of fans waited for the high-speed rail to appear in the live broadcast room.

As the first high-speed rail project in Southeast Asia with a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway has become a national project that makes the Indonesian people proud.

Connecting different levels of development

The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway is located on the most densely populated Java island in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, the largest city in Indonesia, and Bandung, the third largest city in Indonesia. The whole journey is 142 kilometers, with a total of 4 stations. According to the design speed, the whole distance can be run in 40 minutes.

The reporter visited Jakarta, the first stop of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail. When he first arrived in Jakarta, he was amazed by the prosperity and modernity of the city. There are tall buildings, prosperous streets, and complete infrastructure.

In contrast, the level of urban development is not inferior to central cities in Southeast Asian countries such as Bangkok. At Halim Station in Jakarta, the high-speed rail line is being built together with the local light rail line, and the rail transit interchange center has begun to take shape.

However, the journey from Jakarta to Bandung was difficult. Indonesia has the fourth largest population in the world. Among them, Java Island has a population of about 150 million, making it the most densely populated island in the world. However, the transportation facilities on the island are backward.

At present, the carrying capacity of highway traffic is limited, the traffic efficiency is not high, and the congestion is serious. The journey of about 150 kilometers usually takes 3 hours to arrive.

During peak hours such as weekends and holidays, people traveling between the two places are often stuck on the road for 5-6 hours. "We have long been looking forward to the opening of the high-speed rail so that it takes 40 minutes from Bandung to Jakarta."

Dadan is a resident near Bandung, looking forward to taking the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail to Jakarta for the weekend.

According to the director of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway construction party, Jakarta, as the capital, has condensed the achievements of Indonesia's rapid development in recent years.

But in other parts of Indonesia, the level of regional development is relatively backward. People look forward to moving closer to Jakarta in terms of job opportunities and lifestyle.

At the same time, the Jakarta metropolitan area is undergoing diversified development and is also facing difficulties such as high land costs and planning conflicts in large cities.

It is necessary to connect advantageous resources such as capital and talents with surrounding areas. It is against this background that the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail came into being.