Lightning causes stations' blackout

Tue, 04 Sep 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): An electrical relay station used to power
electric trains at Manggarai railway station was struck by
lightning on Monday afternoon, affecting a number of train
services.

Due to the incident, stations in Jatinegara, Manggarai,
Gondangdia, Karet and Duren Kalibata experienced a power blackout
and could not be served by electric trains, Zainal Abidin,
spokesman for state-owned PT KAI's Jakarta office, was quoted by
detik.com as saying.

He said that as a result, trains services were suspended at
many stations, forcing passengers to use buses or public minivans
to reach their homes.

According to Zainal, PT KAI was trying to fix the technical
problem, but he could not say how long it would take. (04)

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