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        "msgid": "kai-targets-closure-of-172-level-crossings-80-already-closed-1779542475",
        "date": "2026-05-21 19:37:12",
        "title": "KAI Targets Closure of 172 Level Crossings, 80 Already Closed",
        "author": "Nawir Arsyad Akbar",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Infrastructure",
        "summary": "PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) aims to close 172 level crossings, with 80 already closed. The company is coordinating with local authorities to install crossing gates, while lawmakers flag data discrepancies across ministries and emphasise the Railways Law's requirements.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta, Kompas.com - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) targets\nclosing as many as 172 level crossings. In a working meeting with\nCommission V of the DPR discussing rail accidents at Bekasi Timur\nStation, 80 level crossings had been reported closed. \u201cAs of yesterday,\nof the 172 targeted closures, 80 have been completed,\u201d said the\nPresident Director of PT KAI (Persero) Bobby Rasyidin at the working\nmeeting with Commission V of the DPR, quoted from TVR Parlemen\u2019s YouTube\nbroadcast, Thursday (21 May 2026). To that end, KAI has coordinated with\nlocal governments to install crossing gates at the level crossings.\n\u201cThis is a swift corrective response, including JPL (Jalur Perlintasan\nLangsung),\u201d said Bobby. Prior to KAI\u2019s briefing, Chairman of Commission\nV Lasarus highlighted discrepancies in data on rail level crossings\namong related ministries\/agencies. \u201cThere are thousands of level\ncrossing points, but data on crossing gates is not optimal, because each\nministry\/agency has data that still needs to be synchronised,\u201d he said.\nHe noted that there are 4,242 level crossings according to the data of\nthe Ministry of Public Works (PU). \u201cThat figure affects how many gates\nare guarded and how many are not,\u201d Lasarus said. In addition, he\nreferred to Law No.\u00a023 of 2007 concerning Railways, which reinforces\nrules relating to level crossings. One clause, Article 124, states that\nevery road user has a primary obligation to give way to trains. \u201cThis is\ncertainly a major policy challenge for the government in organising\nIndonesia\u2019s railways,\u201d said a politician from the Indonesian Democratic\nParty of Struggle (PDI-P).<\/p>",
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