Train derails crippling traffic

Mon, 03 Feb 1997, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

CILACAP, Central Java: Railway traffic was crippled for seven
hours over the weekend after a train, carrying no passengers, was
derailed.

The 11 carriages derailed in the Bojong village in Kawungwetan
subdistrict. None of the crew members were reported hurt.

Head of the Operational Section of the Central Java office of
the State Railway Company Perumka Sunato said the accident
occurred at about 7:55 p.m. Friday.

The accident disrupted trains serving the Bandung-Surabaya
route, he said as quoted by Antara. (imn)

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