Inhumane electric train service

Inhumane electric train service

From Kompas

The electric train plying the Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang and Bekasi (Jabotabek) route is very much needed by the residents of those suburban towns. Unfortunately, the service provided by this train is worsening. The capacity of the train is not compatible with the number of passengers it carries.

Ironically, state-owned railway company PT KAI has not infrequently canceled the scheduled departure of morning or afternoon trains on weekdays when there are a lot of passengers. As a result the next train in the schedule will be manifestly overcrowded, a condition really torturing the passengers,

Many of the passengers, particularly women and old people, almost faint because of being tightly squeezed from all directions like sardines in a can. Quite a few passengers have to risk their lives standing at the door, very often sticking their bodies out. This is almost a daily sight and if it is allowed to go on the consequence will eventually be fatal to some of the passengers.

Once, passengers were kept waiting at the Kota Station for an extended period and when the long-awaited train arrived they almost exploded in fury but were stopped a few hundred meters away from entering the station. It was night and very clearly there was no other train coming to the station. It turned out later that the signal system was broken. The question is why in such a situation no officers were available at the station?

VALENT HARTADI P

Depok, West Java