Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C) in front of a Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit train during the inauguration ceremony of the subway line in Jakarta. Photo: APIndonesia's long-awaited first subway opened on Sunday in the country's capital with the aim of relieving crippling traffic gridlock in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. The line that opened Sunday includes seven elevated and six underground stations built by two consortiums of local and Japanese companies. The line opened Sunday runs from the southern neighborhood of Lebak Bulus to Jakarta's downtown and is expected to take less than 30 minutes. The initial subway line aims to carry only about 130,000 people a day by the end of this year.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 25, 2019 01:18 UTC