Kualanamu Airport Railink Services (ARS) ( id, KA Bandara Kualanamu) is an airport rail link service in

Medan Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four main ...

North Sumatra North Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Utara) is a province of Indonesia located on the northern part of the island of Sumatra. Its capital and largest city is Medan. North Sumatra is Indonesia's fourth most populous province after West Java, East Java and ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The rail link is built to cut travel time from

Medan railway station Medan Station is the main railway station in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. In addition to intercity services operated by Indonesia's national rail operator, Kereta Api Indonesia, the station also has service to Kualanamu International Airpor ...

to Kualanamu International Airport, as roads connecting the airport and Medan city center are frequently affected by

traffic congestion Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. Traffic congestion on urban road networks has increased substantially since the 1950s. When traffic de ...

. The Kualanamu ARS is the first airport rail link in Indonesia connecting passenger between the city centre and airport.

Background

Train services is provided by PT Railink, a joint venture between PT

Angkasa Pura Angkasa Pura (Sanskrit for ''Sky City'') is the name used by two separate state enterprises of the Indonesian Ministry of State Owned Enterprises responsible for the management of airports in Indonesia. The two companies are PT Angkasa Pura ...

II and PT Kereta Api Indonesia. It is the first integrated airport rail link in Indonesia, city check-in and electronic tickets are also available for convenience. The trains were manufactured by

Woojin Industrial Systems Woojin Industrial Systems Company Limited ( ko, 우진산전) is a South Korean manufacturer of rolling stock including metro, electric bus, peoplemover and monorail vehicles. Customers Heavy rail * Indonesia ** Kualanamu Airport Rail Link ...

in South Korea. In May 2014, double-tracking was completed, cutting travel by at least 10 minutes. The first stage of double tracking, Kualanamu-Bandar Klipah is predicted to be finished in end 2015, while the second stage as fly over Bandar Klipah-Medan city is predicted to be finished in mid-year 2016.

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Airport rail links in Indonesia Transport in Medan Transport in North Sumatra Kualanamu International Airport Rapid transit in Indonesia {{Urban Rail Transit in ASEAN

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