South East Asia's first high-speed rail (HSR) project is expected to connect the country's largest cities of Jakarta and Bandung, the 2nd largest city and capital of West Java, covering a distance approaching . , the prime contractor, PT. Kereta Cepat Indonesia China, has stated that the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung phase has reached 90% completion and is expected reach 100% by the end of 2022. Plans and studies have been in the works for high-speed rail (HSR) in Indonesia for many years. It was seriously contemplated in 2008, with detailed plans set forth in 2015. The new plan to start Jakarta-Bandung HSR construction was announced by the Indonesian government in July 2015, after the Chinese President and other world leaders visited the Bandung Conference. The cost for the line is expected to be $8 billion USD. The EMU KCIC400AF Fuxing trainset and the KCIC400AF CIT 22 01 trainset arrived in Indonesia mid 2022 and will be tested in November 2022 during the G20 Indonesia event. The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail line is planned to start operating commercially in June 2023. Indonesia already has a conventional railway network. When finished, the high-speed railway in Indonesia would be the first high speed railway in ASEAN with a top speed of (Laos' Vientiane-Boten railway with a top speed service speed of falls short of the minimum high speed railways limit of and hence would be more appropriately classified as higher-speed rail). History and development Both Japan and China have expressed their interest in the high speed rail projects in Indonesia. Previously, both countries had carried out comprehensive studies for a project for the Jakarta–Bandung section (). Only the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), had issued a study for a project extending to Surabaya (). The Indonesian HSR bid marked a rivalry between Japan and China in their competition for Asian infrastructure projects. In late September 2015, Indonesia awarded the rail project to China, much to Japan's disappointment. It was said that China's offer to build the Jakarta–Bandung line without requiring an official loan guarantee nor funding from Indonesia was the tipping point of Jakarta's decision. In January 2016, the transportation minister released a route permit for a high-speed railway between Jakarta and Bandung (142.3 kilometres) with stations located at Halim (Jakarta end), Karawang, Walini, and Tegalluar (Bandung end) with a Tegalluar depot. of the track would be at ground level, would be elevated,