Pandalungan Train 10 Hours Late Due To Purwojaya Anjlok Train

Photo Illustration: Antara

JAKARTA - The Pandalungan train trip for the Jakarta-Jember connection to a number of destination stations is predicted to experience a slowdown of more than 10 hours due to the drop in the Purwojaya train at the Kedunggedeh Station, Bekasi Regency.

"PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Operational Area 9 Jember apologizes to all passengers for the delay in the Pandalungan train trip to Gambir Station (Jember) connection which occurred due to operational disruptions in the Daop 1 Jakarta area," said KAI Daop 9 Legal and Public Relations Manager, Cahyo Widiantoro, ANTARA, Sunday, October 26.

As a result of the incident that occurred on Saturday, October 25, at 14:14 WIB, the upstream route could not be passed and all train trips on the route were diverted using the downstream route (left lane), causing queues of train trips, including the Pandalungan train, which experienced a significant slowdown.

"The latest development is that the evacuation process for the entire Purwojaya train series has been completely completed this Sunday at 04.26 WIB. After repairing the lane, the upstream route from 55 + 900 to 56 + 500 kilometers can be re-passed at a limited speed of 10 km/hour," he said.

At 04.47 WIB, the Argo Parahyangan train, the Gambir-Bandung Station connection, became the first train to cross the upstream route after the evacuation and repair process was declared complete by field officers.

"KA Pandalungan, the Gambir 'Surabaya Gubeng' connection, the position departed from Pekalongan Station with a slowdown of 630 minutes, then the estimated arrival at Jember Station at 19.30 WIB or 10 hours 30 minutes late from the schedule at 09.00 WIB," he said.

Meanwhile, for Pandalungan Train, the Jember-Gambir connection will still use an existing series from Pandalungan Train which comes from Gambir Station, so that the estimated departure from Jember Station is approximately 21.00 WIB or five hours late from the original schedule at 16.00 WIB.

"All passengers will receive Service Recovery compensation in accordance with applicable regulations. However, if passengers decide not to leave or not to continue their journey, then tickets can be canceled at the nearest online station counter with 100 percent duty returns without deductions," he said.

Returns can be made in cash at the counter or via transfer to the customer account no later than 1x24 hours from the cancellation process.

"We apologize profusely for the inconvenience. All passengers have been given a Service Recovery in accordance with applicable regulations," he said.