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DERAILED COMMUTER TRAIN:

DERAILED COMMUTER TRAIN:

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JAKARTA (JP): A Jakarta-Bogor electrical commuter train was derailed yesterday morning in Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, disrupting the railway system for hours.

A railway spokesman, M. Jusuf Saleh said there were no casualties but that the cost of the damage had not yet been calculated.

Jusuf said the empty Holec commuter train No. 630 was en route to Bogor when it's sixth coach derailed at 05.05 p.m.

The train was supposed to take passengers from Bogor to Jakarta at 05.30.

A staff at the Lenteng Agung station said the incident was probably caused by a technical error in the sixth coach.

Several employees were deployed to repair the sleepers (see photo) and to adjust the track so services could resume.

Holec trains are made in Belgium. Their operation here is directly supervised by Belgian technicians. (01)

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