Indonesia Soon to Get its Long-Delayed High-Speed Train

Troubles fade in euphoria over launch

Indonesia’s high-speed train connecting Jakarta to Bandung, 150 km to the southeast, is finally to start operating commercially in October after more than four years of delays. One of the major global setpieces of China’s vaunted Belt and Road Initiative, it will be the first fast train in Southeast Asia although its cost has ballooned to US$7.3 billion…