Had Been Affected By Floods, The Rail Line At The Cross Petak Of Gubug-Karangjati Station Can Be Passed

JAKARTA - The railway line at Km 32+5/7 between Gubug Station and Karangjati Station, Grobogan Regency has been successfully restored. Now the route can be crossed again, after previously being affected by the flood from the overflow of the Tuntang River.

KAI President Director Didiek Hartantyo said after intensive efforts made over the past three days, one route (upstream route) on January 24 this morning in the Semarang Tawang Cepu Surabaya Pasar Turi area has now been accessible.

"This step allows train travel to resume operations without the need for a twisting operation engineering such as the Harina KA (126A) across Bandung-Cikampek-Surabaya Pasar Turi, Additional Sembrani Train (7010A) across Gambir-Surabaya Pasar Turi, and the Parcel Train across Kampung Bandan-Surabaya Pasar Turi," he said in an official statement, Friday, January 24.

KAI expressed its appreciation and gratitude to all parties who have supported the restoration of the railway line at Km 32+5/7 between Gubug Station and Karangjati Station, Grobogan Regency.

"This success is the result of hard work from the KAI operational team that works non-stop day and night as well as full support from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), the River Basin Center (BBWS), and the Central Java Railway Engineering Center (BTP Jateng)," said Didiek.

Didiek revealed that the KAI team had deployed all efforts, hundreds of rail and bridge road officers, and transported materials using the Reply Train (KLB Reply) to the repair site.

"The whole process is carried out in a measured manner with priority on workers' safety and accelerating lane recovery. The hard work of our team for the last three days has paid off, so that gradually some train trips can now return to normal operations," said Didiek.

As a long-term anticipatory measure, KAI together with BBWS and BTP Central Java are finalizing the plan to build embankments on the side of the railway line to reduce the risk of disaster damage in the future.

"This step is expected to increase the resilience of train lines against potential disasters such as floods or landslides, so that future train trips will be safer and smoother," he said.