Across Borneo by Train
The people of Kalimantan are set to receive a valuable prize indeed. In the future theyll be able to enjoy rail services theyve only ever dreamed of.
July 30, 2002
EVERY day in the future, the skies above Kalimantan will be filled with smoke. It wont be the smoke from forest fires, which makes it difficult to breathe, but rather the smoke from railway locomotives. Starting next year, assuming there are no hiccups, six railway lines, stretching across a total of 686 kilometers, will be constructed in Borneothe old name for the island of Kalimantan.
The railway construction is part of the Trans Borneo Highway
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