New executive train launched

New executive train launched

YOGYAKARTA: Minister of Communications Giri Suseno
Hadihardjono inaugurated the new executive class train Dwipangga
yesterday at Balapan Solo Railway Station.

Poernomo, spokesman of the state railway company Perumka, said
the new six-car executive train should satisfy demands for an
increased capacity in comfortable modes of public transportation.

He said the economic crisis had raised the price of plane
tickets and that train ticket sales had consequently increased.

Poernomo said the train's 198 seats would soon be made
available to supplement the company's existing 18,500 executive
train seating capacity.

The train, serving the Yogyakarta-Jakarta route daily, will
leave Yogyakarta at 9:55 p.m. and arrive in Jakarta's Gambir
Railway Station at 4:55 a.m.