Bali MRT

[1] Bali is the main tourist destination hub and largest city of the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia, harbouring 4.5 million inhabitants, of which nearly half are located in Denpasar metropolitan area.

It is estimated that over 1 million residents and tourists commute daily in Denpasar metropolitan area each day.

[7] The idea of constructing an MRT in Bali appeared in 2022 after COVID-19 and recovery in tourism arrivals, because of congested and hazardous roads, and in popular and built-up areas, gridlock frustrates locals and tourists.

[8] The process of developing the first line of the Bali MRT began when President Joko Widodo designated the system as a national project.

[3] The routes innitially planned, devised, and belonging to the Bali provincial government are:[3] The project is entirely financed by the private sector on a business-to-business basis, meaning that the Subway Bali project was to be developed without any funding from state or regional budgets or loans guaranteed by the government, either at the central or regional levels.