Jakarta Monorail
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The Jakarta Monorail is a monorail system currently under construction in Jakarta, Indonesia. Two lines are being built: the green line serving Semanggi-Casablanca-Kuningan-Semanggi and the blue line serving Kampung Melayu-Casablanca-Tanah Abang-Roxy.
History
The project has been dogged by financial problems and frequent technology changes. Initially awarded in 2003 to Malaysian company MTrans, builders of the KL Monorail, construction started in June 2004 but was halted after only a few weeks. MTrans' MoU was then cancelled, with the project awarded to the Singaporean-led Omnico consortium, which proposed to used maglev technology by South Korean company ROTEM.
In July 2005, the project changed hands again with a new MoU granted to a consortium of Indonesian companies PT Bukaka Teknik Utama, PT INKA, PT INKA and Siemens Indonesia. Omnico has contested this, and the original deadline of 2007 looks increasingly unlikely to be met. However, as of October 2005 construction is still continuing, under the assumption that the basic foundation piles and pillars can be used by whichever consortium and technology wins in the end.
