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