Gradually, INKA Start Submit LRT Train to South Sumatra

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - A total of eight Light Rail Transit (LRT) or trainset trains are being delivered by PT Kereta Api (Persero) and will be operated in South Sumatra. Senior Manager of Public Relations & CSR Secretary, Cholik M Zamzam, said the delivery of the LRT train series will be done in stages.

"In one sequence there are three trains, with the arrangement of two motor cars or trains with the wheel drive at once blend with the driver's cabin and one train as trailer car," said Cholik M Zamzam, in an official statement received in Jakarta, Tuesday (10/4 / 2018).

Cholik added, this train will use electric motors as a propulsion, third rail as a power source, as well as material carbody (train body) in the form of aluminum double skin or extrusion.

For the convenience of train users LRT, INKA equip it with air conditioner (AC), glass window of the type of safety glass (tempered), and laminated anti UV 60% so as to reduce direct sunlight radiation. "The level of local content of this LRT product reaches approximately 45%," he added.

When the situation is full, the train is able to carry about 379 passengers, both passengers sitting and passengers standing. This LRT train to support the implementation of the 18th Asian Games in 2018 in Jakarta - Palembang. (Imq)