Xinhua Headlines: Indonesian development gets boost as Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway marks one year

JAKARTA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Thursday grandly celebrated the first anniversary of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), a landmark project as Southeast Asia's first high-speed rail.

With a speed of 350 km per hour, the 142.3 km high-speed rail, built in cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative, has slashed the journey time between Jakarta and Bandung from over three hours to