thomas

Riding the Whoosh bullet train from Jakarta to Bandung (88 mi / 142 km apart) at a top speed of 217 mph / 350 kph, making the journey a mere 36 mins.

The project was partly funded and fully built by China under the Belt and Road initiative — a prime display of soft power projection across the region. China outbid Japan for the project, which came with a ticket price of $7.3B, and loaned $0.5B to Indonesia in a yuan-denominated arrangement.

China is also building rail in Lao, Hungary, Ethiopia, etc.

PhD in aviation ∩ climate science | Aviator, diver, Etherean, nexialist | Host of /diving /ethfinance /eth-staker /geopolitics /science /singapore /thomas

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Funny enough, it’s a backronym of “Waktu Hemat, Operasi Optimal, Sistem Hebat”, which in Bahasa means “Timesaving, Optimal Operation, Outstanding System” 😅

whoever suggested that name should get a medal. And a raise

Building @nanograph @cast2save, moding /singapore

The train is comfortable and silent, though it lacks WiFi. It’s just a bit unexpected to have such a bullet train there for some reason!

The future happens in Asia 🤷‍♂️
They are still willing to change and take risks.

I actually prefer trains (and boats/ferries) over planes :-)

Wish they would build some decent high-speed rail here in Australia.