Train derails, blocks railroad

Train derails, blocks railroad

SEMARANG: The north coastal railroad came to a standstill for
almost four hours on Tuesday after an executive train serving the
Jakarta-Surabaya route skidded off the tracks in Tegal regency,
Central Java.

The accident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. at the Tegal railway
station and the railroad resumed to normal four hours later, said
Suprapto, state railway operator PT KAI spokesman for operation
region IV in Semarang.

He said the ill-fated Argo Anggrek train was traveling from
Surabaya to Jakarta when it derailed. --Antara