BUSINESS INFORMATION - Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal Wednesday inaugurated the operation of the Station Jurangmangu, Tangerang

BUSINESS INFORMATION - Minister of Transportation Jusman Syafii Djamal Wednesday inaugurated the operation of the Station Jurangmangu, Tangerang, rejuvenation station and operation Rawabuntu KRL Serpong cross-Parung Panjang, Banten.

Minister Jusman said, with the operation of the station has Jurangmangu expected to stimulate economic growth in the area. Also in the village community was also no longer have to go to ride KRL Serpong.

According to Jusman, Jurangmangu stations strategically located so that the potential for highly profitable passengers. Especially with the presence of station-residential housing growth will be more and more.

Eletrifikasi KRL Serpong Line-Parangpanjang is one of the electrification project KRL route along the west up to 57.1 Km Maja is expected to be completed in 2011.

Line Parungpanjang Tanah Abang to have only served to KRL Serpong stations and to serve KRD Parungpanjang majors.

Jurangmangu station development and construction of Serpong-elekrifikasi point along the 12 Km Parungpanjang Working started last year at a cost of Rp148 billion more.

Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah said after the event, with the participation of the government encouraged the expansion of the railway mode of transportation is expected to bring changes in the area of South Tangerang. "Jakarta is one of the goals of the urban areas that need to be supported by development tools and perasarana housing and transportation," he said.

Atut also proposed to the minister that KRL electrification lines can reach up to Cilegon and Bojanegara port. In Bojanegara will be built according to the information that it needs an oil refinery rail transport to reduce congestion.

Meanwhile Direkktur Technical Support Directorate General of Railway said, development and rejuvenation station Rawabuntu station is a government program to provide comfort to potential passengers.

While the scope of the electrification development work across Serpong-long Parung improvements include the existing track and signal improvements, he said.