Train derails in W. Java

PURWAKARTA, West Java: The Parahyangan train bound for Bandung from Jakarta derailed in the village of Cijantung, Sukatani district, Purwakarta, West Java on Sunday evening. No fatalities were reported, but several trains bound for Bandung, Central and East Java were behind schedule.

The office of the state railway company PT KAI in Bandung confirmed the accident on Monday, saying that an investigation was underway to find out what caused the locomotive and the generator coach to derail.

"We have yet to draw a conclusion on the accident," an official said. He confirmed that they had shifted the locomotive on Sunday night.

The official said that the train was running at about 60 kilometers per hour. The cars went off the track about ten meters after Cinangka bridge, several kilometers away from the Purwakarta railway station. -- Antara