Train passengers safety

Train passengers safety

It has been more than a year since President Soeharto launched
the National Discipline Drive, yet up to now not many positive
results are visible regarding the way the KRL Jabotabek electric
trains are operated. This I can attest to, since I am among the
hundreds of thousands of commuters who are disappointed and
disregarded almost every day by the KRL Jabotabek management, or
the Perumka state railway company.

Perumka is now more than 50 years old and by now its managers
should know the peak hours. The facts indicate otherwise. During
the morning and evening peak hours trains to and from Bogor often
have only a limited number of carriages and do not run on
schedule. As a consequence, passengers jam the carriages with
some hanging out of the doors, which is of course extremely
dangerous.

Perumka does indeed have posters warning of the dangers of
hanging onto the doors of trains, but since they know this they
could have added more carriages, run more frequent services and
seen to it that trains run on schedule. All Perumka personnel
should be responding to the President's appeal through concrete
action and not by merely by hanging out banners with slogans that
make us sick.

Perumka should keep in mind that we are mere little people who
are used to accepting our lot and do not protest when fares are
raised. But Perumka should improve its services.

KUSNANTO

Bogor