Tourism Train Inaugurated
Monday, 23 February, 2009 | 20:34 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Padang:Transportation Minister Djusman Syafii Djamal has officially launched the operations of Padangpanjang-Sawahlunto Tourism Train. The train will pass the Singkarak Lake and the E1060 Steam Locomotive at Padangpanjang and Sawahlunto train stations.

“This is a special route. The railway tracks at the Anai Hills is one of two highest tracks in the world after Switzerland,” Djusman said last week. The E1060 Steam Locomotive is operated at Sawahlunto to cater the abundant coal supply in the area.

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