PT KAI cancels 7 trains due to damaged bridge<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State-owned railway company PT Kereta Api
\nIndonesia canceled on Thursday seven trains departing from
\nJakarta to Semarang, Central Java, and Surabaya, East Java, due
\nto a damaged railway bridge in Comal, Pemalang regency, Central
\nJava.<\/p>\n
The spokesman for the company's Jakarta division, Zainal
\nAbidin, said the company would refund the passengers' money in
\nfull.<\/p>\n
All of the canceled trains travel along the island's northern
\ncoast. Four of the trains ply the Jakarta-Semarang route: the
\nArgo Muria II (scheduled to depart at 5:20 a.m.), the Kamandanu
\n(8:40 a.m.), the Senja Utama (6:30 p.m.) and the Tawang Jaya (9
\np.m.).<\/p>\n
The remaining three trains ply the Jakarta-Surabaya route.
\nThey were the Argo Bromo Anggrek (scheduled to depart at 9:30
\np.m.), the Gaya Baru (3:45 p.m.) and the Gumarang (6:30 p.m.).<\/p>\n
\"For those who still want to travel by train, we can
\naccommodate them on other trains via the southern line,\" Zainal
\ntold The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
He said passengers could take a train on the southern route to
\nSurakarta, Central Java, and then take another train to Semarang
\nand Surabaya.<\/p>\n
For train passengers who wish to travel via the northern
\ncoastal route, they can stop in Pemalang, Central Java, and take
\nthe company's bus to Pekalongan before continuing their journey
\nby train, he said.<\/p>\n
He said at least 150 passengers had canceled their trips,
\nwhile hundreds of others traveled to their destinations aboard
\nother trains.<\/p>\n
The damaged railway bridge also caused dozens of trains
\ntraveling from Central Java and East Java to arrive in Jakarta
\nbetween three hours and five hours behind schedule.<\/p>\n
Zainal predicted the situation would return to normal within
\ntwo weeks, when repair work on the bridge was expected to be
\ncompleted.<\/p>\n
\"It takes a long time to repair the bridge,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The bridge, which is 100 meters long and 12 meters wide,
\nbuckled 1.5 meters early on Wednesday. Zainal said the bridge had
\nbuckled an addition four meters.<\/p>\n
A spokesman for the Semarang office of the railway company,
\nSuprapto, told the Post the company had deployed hundreds of
\nlocals to repair the bridge. Several consultants from Japan had
\nalso been hired and were already inspecting the bridge.<\/p>\n
He said the company had not yet estimated the cost of
\nrepairing the bridge or the losses it would suffer as a result of
\nthe canceled trains.<\/p>\n
The Pemalang train station is estimating its losses at between
\nRp 5 million and Rp 6 million, the station head, Hartono, said,
\nwhile in Tegal, the loss is between Rp 8 million and Rp 9
\nmillion. The losses were calculated based on unsold tickets.
\n(jun\/45)<\/p>",
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