as social/physical distancing in response to the pandemic. In September, Director of KCIC Xin Xuezhong stated that construction progress reached 60 percent and land acquisitions reached 100 percent. 2021 April The General Manager of Material Equipment of PT KCIC stated that until March 2021 the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Rail has reached 70 percent and is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. November Construction progress 79% 2022 According to the Jakarta Post, Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi, the president director of KCIC, said that based on a 2022 third-party review, demand for the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail line had fallen to 31,215 passenger trips per day, just over half of the 61,157 estimated in a 2017 feasibility study. September KCIC received the first delivery of KCIC400AF trainsets in Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta. November During the G20 Summit in Bali, President Jokowi and Xi remotely attended the trial run of CIT400AF inspection train, which ended a series of its maiden powered runs on HSR tracks to the west of Tegalluar station. December A track laying machine and a DF4B locomotive used in the construction of the railway derailed in West Bandung west of Padalarang station, killing 2 workers and injuring another four. As result, track laying activities were temporarily halted while other construction works were allowed to continue. See also High-speed rail in Asia References External links NHK: China defeats Japan in high speed railway project in Indonesia VOA News: Fast and Furious: China, Japan Battle for High-Speed Rail (On Assignment) Indonesia Proposed rail infrastructure in Indonesia Rail transport in Indonesia Standard gauge railways in Indonesia