Special carriages for elderly, children

Special carriages for elderly, children

YOGYAKARTA: The local office of the state railway company
Perumka will provide special carriages for the elderly and
children under five years of age during the Idul Fitri holiday.

Antara quoted spokesman Purnomo as saying yesterday the
company will assign one or two carriages in the economy section
of trains leaving the Lempuyangan station here for elderly people
and children under five.

He said Perumka is anticipating a hike in the number of
passengers returning to Jakarta and other major cities in Java
after the holiday.

"Huge numbers of passengers bound for Jakarta, Bandung, and
Surabaya usually flood the Lempuyangan station after Idul Fitri,"
he said.

He said the local Perumka office will provide 19 trains with a
total 153 carriages for the Idul Fitri holiday. It will also give
discounts of up to 20 percent for economy class passengers.

He said the company has decided that the Lempuyangan railway
station will only accommodate economy class trains while the Tugu
railway station will accommodate business and executive class
trains. (swe)