Start, accelerate, Mercedes… China's high-speed train flies by, from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, to Bandung, a famous tourist city.
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway is the first high-speed railway in Indonesia and even Southeast Asia. As a major project of the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, it is the “first order” for China's high-speed rail system, all factors, and the entire industry chain to be constructed overseas.
In Indonesia, the youth commando team of the China Railway Fourth Bureau’s Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway Project took root in the front line of Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway construction and wrote a story of youth that is responsible for the construction of the “Belt and Road”.
In June 2018, the Youth Commando Team of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway Planning Department of the China Railway Fourth Bureau was established. The team has 41 members with an average age of 29 years old and participated in the construction of the 27.55-kilometer main line of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway.
Not adaptable to the climate environment, unfamiliar with construction conditions, language communication and cultural integration require a process… Niu Yanxin, deputy project manager of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway Second Branch of China Railway Fourth Bureau and captain of the youth commando team, said that during the construction process, the youth commando team encountered Many problems.
“The temperature here is high all year round and mosquitoes are rampant. It feels like being in a 'big steamer'. Many young people in the team have suffered from dengue fever. There is no specific medicine for this infectious disease, so we can only fight hard.” Recalling the situation at that time, China Railway Fourth Bureau Yu Baikun, deputy director of the Engineering Department of the Bandung Beam Making Yard of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway Planning Department and a member of the Youth Commando, is still deeply moved. Environmental differences at home and abroad directly affect construction conditions. Cross-road beam erection tasks are mostly carried out late at night, and sudden heavy rains often occur. Although the team members are “shivering with cold and their teeth are chattering,” everyone still sticks to the rain. Who knows? I didn’t even think about backing down.
Faced with the unique construction environment, the youth commandos innovated and improved tooling methods and technologies adapted to the characteristics of this project, allowing “Chinese standards” to take root.
There are as many as 4,500 volcanoes on the Indonesian archipelago, and thousands of large and small earthquakes occur every year. How to overcome technical difficulties? Yu Baikun admitted that there is almost no domestic experience to follow.
The youth commando team optimized the design of the bridge bearings and customized 121 different types of shock-absorbing bearings to improve the earthquake resistance of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway. In order to solve the problem of soft soil foundation treatment caused by volcanic ash deposition, the youth commando team innovated the soft foundation It handles construction methods and tooling equipment; in addition, it also built China's first overseas “smart beam field” for high-speed rail, which can complete remote monitoring and command of box beam production and transportation through the center's large screen… According to reports, the youth commandos jointly tackled key issues There are 28 difficult control projects, and 7 major technological innovation achievements and numerous national patents have been obtained.
After more than 1,800 days and nights of hard work, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway was officially opened for operation on October 17, 2023, which has greatly improved local traffic conditions and facilitated travel for people along the line. As of the end of April, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway has carried more than 2.7 million passengers.
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway not only paves a “happy road” for win-win cooperation between the two countries, but also builds a “heart-to-heart bridge” for the two peoples to travel in both directions. Despite the language barrier, the two countries are closely linked by friendly and warm hearts. When locals meet young commandos, the most common thing they say is “China bagus, CREC bagus!” (Indonesian: China is awesome, China Railway is awesome!)
This year, the Youth Commando Team of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway Planning Department of China Railway Fourth Bureau won the 28th “China Youth May 4th Medal Collective”.
Talking about his experience in participating in the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, Niu Yanxin was deeply proud: “I regard this precious experience as an honor, constantly motivate myself, and always maintain the confidence and determination to help build the 'Belt and Road' with high quality. In the future , we will continue to shine in our new positions and show the style of Chinese youth in the new era.
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