Walking out of Tegalluar station of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway (HSR), locally known as Whoosh, in Indonesia’s Bandung city, people will find a number of kiosks selling snacks, food and beverages. The area outside the station is now busy with food sellers.
The situation was much different a few months ago, precisely in early October last year, when Whoosh was first launched and the station had just completed construction. It was quiet and all that could be seen were rice fields and barren fields.
Siti Fatimah, 30, one of the kiosk owners, told Xinhua that she opened her kiosk at her 18-square-meter house near the station when the Whoosh train started operation. She sells fried snacks and some meals. In the morning she usually has porridge on her menu. She was previously a housewife with one daughter, while her husband is a construction worker.
“Before I opened this kiosk, I had no income. Now I can earn even more than my husband, particularly during holidays,” she said.
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