Press Release

Jakarta, 24 October 2022, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Minutes of Understanding with Directorate General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation in Jakarta for two projects on MRT East-West Line Project. The document was signed by Takehiro Yasui, Chief Representative of JICA Indonesia office and Zulmafendi, Acting Director General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation.

In Jakarta metropolitan area, the rapid increase in number of vehicles accompanying economic development has caused serious traffic congestion, which leads to increase of air pollution from exhaust gases. Currently, Indonesian government expanding its public transportation system as one of the countermeasures to ease traffic congestion and to reduce traffic pollution in Jakarta. JICA contributes to the expansion of Jakarta Public Transportation System by providing Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan. And then in March 2019, Jakarta MRT North-South Line Phase 1 (Lebak Bulus - Bundaran HI route) was open for public while MRT North-South Line Phase 2A (Bundaran HI - Kota route) is currently under construction.

MRT East-West Line is an approximately 89-km project that will extend not only from Jakarta Special Province but also to Banten Province and West Java Provinces, making it essential to establish a sustainable project management system, a clear demarcation of responsibilities between central government and local governments, and unified system standards.

Under the current MoU, in addition to the ongoing engineering services, JICA will provide two technical supports: (1) Technical Support for the implementation structure, under "Institutional and Financial Study for Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit for East-West Line Project" (named "CMS"); (2) Technical support for the system, under "System Engineering Services of Interoperability Standard for East-West Line Project" (shortened "SESIS") by utilizing Japanese expertise.

[Basic project information]

Country	The Republic of Indonesia
Project Title	Institutional and Financial Study for Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit for East-West Line Project, CMS System Engineering Services of Interoperability Standard or East-West Line Project, SESIS
Planned Implementation Period	12 months, From November 2022 to October 2023
Executing Agency	Directorate General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation
Target Region	Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) East-West Line Project (Phase1,2)
Target Result	Specific project details (provisional) [CMS] Recommendation on detail plan of Project Executing Agency, Governance and organization structure. Recommendation on financing and implementation scheme for development and Operation & Maintenance (O&M) Between Central Government and Local government. Formulation of TOD policies that take into account the balance between public and private interests through the coordination of transportation planning and spatial planning. Preparing the framework regulations related to the institutional concept and financial scheme Assisting DGR on Consensus Building. [SESIS] Review and verify The Technical Specification for interoperability or operability standard by which each sub-system is covered in order to comply with the essential requirement and to ensure the interoperability of the railway system. Provide necessary requirement for Safety Management System. Provide necessary requirement for Technical Harmonization.

For further questions please contact:

Project Details:
JICA Indonesia, officer in charge, Hermala Nindya
Tel.: +62-21-5795-2112 (ex.512)
E-mail: HermalaNindya.IN@jica.go.jp

JICA Indonesia Office:
JICA Indonesia, PR unit, Putri Siahaan
Tel.: +62-21-5795-2112 (ex.222)
E-mail: putrisiahaan.in@jica.go.jp