To put this into perspective, China’s high-speed rail project in Indonesia connecting Jakarta and Bandung (a distance of 143 km) at a speed of 350 km/h was completed in just four months at total cost of $7.3 billion.

This line has seen an impressive number of passengers, with approximately 2 million people utilizing the service.

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    8 months ago

    what’s it called here?

    High labor costs due to too many unions, usually.

    (This is a lie: the US has lower labor costs and union participation than other countries that have trains. But it’s the answer I see most.)