Sasaksaat Tunnel

Sasaksaat railway tunnel is an railway tunnel that built by the Staatsspoorwegen (SS) between 1902 and 1903. The railway tunnel with the building wisdom number (BH) 503 is located on the route between Jakarta and Bandung at km 143+144 between Sasaksaat and Maswati Station, cutting through the Cidepong hills in Sasaksaat Village, Cipatat, West Bandung Regency, West Java. Before the opening of the KCJB high-speed train line where one of the railway tunnels reaches the length of around 4.4 km (HSR Tunnel 6) on 2 October 2023, this tunnel was the longest active railway tunnel in Jakarta–Bandung line and Indonesia. 2nd longest after the inactive since 1980s Wilhelmina railway tunnel. In the tunnel with a length of 949 m there are 35 sleko consisting of 17 left and 18 right from the direction of the Sasaksaat Station.

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