Tanah Abang-Sudimara Commuterline Round-Trip Route Resumes Operations After 4 Hours Of Evacuation

JAKARTA - The Commuterline journey with Tanah Abang-Sudimara round-trip route has now resumed operations, after being out of operation due to fallen trees. The evacuation of this tree took four hours.

"The rail line between Kebayoran Station and Pondok Ranji Station that was previously blocked by fallen trees can now again serve Commuterline travel," said KAI Commuter VP Corporate Secretary Anne Purba in a statement, Sunday, April 11.

Although it can already serve the journey with the route, said Anne, it is still in the process of evading the buildup of passengers. Undeniably, with the incident, there was a buildup of passengers.

"Both rail lines can fully serve Commuterline travel starting at 18:15 western Indonesia time. Nevertheless, currently KAI Commuter is still in the process of unraveling the train queues that previously occurred," she said.

For now, another focus is completing the itinerary delays. Thus, some schemes are applied.

"Currently the two rail lines in the location can be re-routed for commuterline journey across Tanahabang-Serpong/Parungpanjang/Rangkasbitung round-trip. But KAI Commuter is also still engineering operating patterns to reduce Commuterline delays and unravel train queues," she said.

Previously reported, the Commuterline trip with Tanah Abang - Sudimara route was temporarily suspended. As a result, a large tree fell and covered the tracks around Kebayoran Station and Pondok Ranji KM 15+600.

"For a while, commuterline can not serve the trip across Tanah Abang-Sudimara vice-versa. Officers are currently on-site to deal with the problem," Anne said.

Not only covering the rails, but the fallen tree also caused damage to the pantograph of Commuterline KA 2074 which was passing at the site. Luckily, it didn't cause any casualties or injuries.