Puddles Appear On Jakarta Streets, 6 Transjakarta Routes Diverted

JAKARTA - A number of roads were flooded after Jakarta was flooded with rain until the afternoon. As a result, six Transjakarta routes have been diverted since 16.50 WIB.

"Due to the heavy rainfall that flushed Jakarta and its surrounding areas this afternoon, it had an impact on several non-bus rapid transit (BRT) Transjakarta services and Microtrans services that were diverted," Plt. Head of the Corporate Secretary and Public Relations Division of PT Transjakarta Angelina Betris in her statement, Tuesday, January 18.

The first route to be diverted is corridor 2 with the Pulogadung-Harmoni route. Corridor 2 was temporarily diverted to corridor 4 (Pulogadung-Tosari) due to a puddle of water around the Cempaka Timur area.

"The route for Harmoni is Pulogadung, TUGAS, Genjing Market, Fly Over Matraman, Salemba Carolus, Pal Putih, Atrium, RSPAD, Harmoni Central Busway (HCB)," said Betris.

Second, the Kampung Rambutan-Harmoni route via Cempaka Putih (7F) towards Harmoni does not serve the Rawamangun Utan Wood Bus Stop until the Senen Bus Stop.

For the direction of Kampung Rambutan, it does not serve the Monas bus stop up to Utan Kayu Rawamangun.

"Due to standing water around the East Cempaka area and its surroundings, temporarily 7F services have been diverted in both directions," he said.

Third, continued Betris, the Tanjung Priok-Kampung Rambutan route (10D) experienced route diversions in both directions.

Meanwhile, the direction of Tanjung Priok, meanwhile, does not serve the Rawamangun Wood Bus Stop to Cempaka Mas. At Kampung Rambutan, while it does not serve the Yos Sudarso Kodamar Stop to the Rawamangun Wood Utan.

Furthermore, the Sentraland Cengkareng - Puri Kembangan route (3E) experienced a diversion and the temporary route towards Puri Kembangan did not serve the Taman Palem 1 Mall bus stop to the Taman Palem 2 Mall bus stop.

Then, the Grogol-Meruya route (JAK 30) was diverted in both directions. "Meruya direction temporarily does not serve the Grogol sub-district bus stop up to Duri Kepa 11 Elementary School. The Grogol direction temporarily does not serve the Jalan Kebon Raya Indomaret to Jalan Patra stops," explained Betris.

There are other affected routes, namely JAK80 (Rawa Buaya-Rawa Kompeni), JAK04 (Grogol-Tubagus Angke), JAK52 (Kalideres-Muara Angke), JAK50 (Kalideres-Puri Kembangan), JAK40 (Pulogebang-Taman Harapan Baru) and JAK27 ( Pulogebang-Rorotan).

*All affected services will return to normal operations when the puddles have receded and will be able to serve customers again. Transjakarta urges people who usually use affected services to be able to adjust their trips," he added.