Power failure disrupts electic train services<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Thousands of passengers were left stranded last
\nSaturday at several railway stations as the railway track between
\nDepok and downtown Kota could not be used due to a power failure
\nat Pondok Cina railway station, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
An officer at the station said the blackout was caused by
\ndamaged cables on three electricity poles. The damage took place
\nat 5:30 a.m. and it took almost five hours before technicians
\nwere able to repair it.<\/p>\n
Public relations chief of the Jakarta office of state-owned
\nKereta Api Indonesia Zainal Abidin confirmed the problem, saying
\nthat the electric cables along the train tracks from Bogor to
\nDepok were already old.<\/p>\n
The electric trains traveling between Kota (Jakarta) and
\nBogor, West Java, had to stop at Pasar Minggu railway station for
\nfive hours while the cables were repaired.<\/p>\n
Zainal said some stations even had to cancel some trains'
\nschedules due to the power failure.<\/p>\n
Thousands of passengers were seen stranded at railway
\nstations, especially at Depok railway station.<\/p>\n
Trains from Kota railway station could only reach Pasar Minggu
\nstation due to the blackout at Pondok Cina station which is
\nlocated between Pasar Minggu and Depok.<\/p>",
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