Special train cars for elderly, children

Special train cars for elderly, children

JAKARTA: State railway company PT KAI will provide special
economy-class cars for the elderly, pregnant women and women with
young children during the Idul Fitri holiday.

The company's public relations head, Ahmad Sujadi, said on
Thursday the special railway cars would be available between Nov.
8 and Nov. 13 for all economy-class trains departing from the
Tanah Abang and Senen railway stations in Central Jakarta.

Passengers eligible for the special cars are those over the
age of 60, women traveling with a maximum of three children below
the age of five and pregnant or breast-feeding women.

Officials will prevent passengers who do not qualify from
taking seats in the special cars.

Ahmad did not say whether the husbands of pregnant women and
women traveling with children would be allowed to sit in the
cars. -- JP