Commuter passengers stranded

Commuter passengers stranded

JAKARTA (JP): Hundreds of train commuters heading to Jakarta
from Bekasi were stranded on Monday morning at railway stations
along the Bekasi to Jakarta route due to electrical problems.

State railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia spokesman Zainal
Abidin told The Jakarta Post that electricity supplies from state
electricity company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) had been
cut from Sunday evening until Monday noon due to problems at
PLN's electricity relay station in Jatinegara, East Jakarta.

The relay station caught fire on Sunday evening.

As a result, three commuter trains carrying passengers from
Bekasi to Jakarta failed to operate on Monday morning.

"By 8 a.m., we decided to stop all trains heading to Jakarta
from East and Central Java and asked those diesel trains to
transport the waiting passengers to Jakarta," he said.

The decision was taken because there were students who were
required to travel to their schools to take their final
examinations. (01)