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China is working on high-speed train to Surabaya again? This is Luhut's answer

China is working on high-speed train to Surabaya again? This is Luhut's answer The government plans to extend the high-speed rail line to Surabaya, East Java. Currently the new fast train connects Jakarta and Bandung.  The discourse on extending the high-speed rail line has resurfaced after a trial run with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour. So if realized, who will work on this project?  In response to this, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan opened his voice.  "Yes, which (country) later, but if we look at it now, most of the fast train production in the world is China, 40 thousand kilometers, so the cost is cheaper," he said when met at the Djakarta Theater, Central Jakarta, quoted Sunday (25/ 6/2023).  Previously, the Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi tested the Jakarta-Bandung Fast Train using an inspection train with a speed of 350 kilometers (km) per hour. The trip was made from Hal