(240617) — JAKARTA, June 17, 2024 (Xinhua) — Passengers wait to check in by swiping their tickets at Halim Station in Jakarta, Indonesia, June 17, 2024.

The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) marked its eight months of operation on Monday with a total of 3.54 million passengers transported, said PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia-China (KCIC), a joint venture consortium between Indonesian and Chinese state-owned firms that constructs and runs the HSR. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)