Thousands stranded after attempted cable theft<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Thousands of rail commuters were left stranded
\nfor hours on Monday after a man cut the feeder cables of a train
\ntraveling on the Bojong Gede-Citayam line, at Pabuaran village,
\nCitayam, Bogor.<\/p>\n
The man had intended to steal the feeder cables, but he had no
\nidea they formed part of the distribution system which provided
\nthe electricity without which the train couldn't run, state
\nrailway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) spokesman Zainal
\nAbidin told The Jakarta Post on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"When he cut the cables at about 3 a.m. on Monday, sparks shot
\nout from the ends and he probably got scared. Then he saw
\nsecurity guards rushing towards him. So, he took off. He just
\nleft a pair of gloves behind.\"<\/p>\n
Zainal said that about 20 centimeters of the cables had been
\ncut, and it took railroad workers from 4 a.m. until 3 p.m. on
\nMonday to replace them.<\/p>\n
Normally, trains pass along both tracks at the scene of the
\nattempted robbery, with one track being devoted to trains heading
\nfrom Bogor to Jakarta and the other one to trains from Jakarta to
\nBogor. Because of the attempted theft, the railway company could
\nmake use of only one track between Depok and Bojong Gede, Zainal
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"Due to this, hundreds of trains were delayed. Thousands were
\nleft stranded,\" he added. (ylt)<\/p>",
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