As A Result Of The Brantas Vs Truck Train Accident, KAI Sorry For The Delay In Train Travel

Evacuation of Brantas Train and Tronton Truck accidents (Photo: Antara)

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) through KAI 4 Daop Semarang apologized for the 112 Brantas train incident related to Pasar Senen-Blitar with a Tronton Truck on JPL 6 Km 1 + 523 plots of Jalan Jerkah-Semarang Poncol, which occurred on Tuesday, July 18 evening, at around 19.32 WIB.

As a result of the incident, there were 9 train trips that had been delayed so far. The 9 disrupted trips, namely KA 112 Brantas as many as 87 minutes, KA 178 Kamandaka 66 minutes, KA 199F Kaligung 80 minutes, KA 111 Brantas 26 minutes, and KA 129 Gumarang 55 minutes,

Then, KA 220 Kertajaya 27 minutes, KA 20F Argo Merbabu 47 minutes, KA 160 Joglosemarkerto 14 minutes, and KA 58 Brawijaya 6 minutes.

"On behalf of the KAI Management, we apologize to customers for the disruption of train travel and services due to this incident," said KAI Daop 4 Public Relations Manager Semarang Ixfan Hendri Wintoko in a written statement, Tuesday, July 18.

Oxfam said the 112 Brantas train that had an accident carried four executive class trains. In addition, six economic class carriages and one generating train participated in the gandang. The driver and assistant driver are in a safe condition.

"Currently, KAI has made various efforts to normalize on the railway line so that train trips return to normal," he said.

Previously, there had been a temperan between KA 112 Brantas of the Senen-Blitar Market connection with a Tronton Truck on JPL 6 Km 1 + 523 plots of the Jerkah-Semarang Poncol road.

As a result of this incident, the Brantas train Locomotif suffered a fire and 2 train lines in the Jerkah-Semarang Poncol plot for now could not be passed.

The fire in the locomotive has been successfully extinguished. For the previous 2 executive train series, it has now been successfully secured and pulled back to Jerkah Station.