Minister Of Transportation Budi Ensures Double Tracks On Cicalengka-Hourpugur Train Tracks Will Be Completed In May 2024

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Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi ensured that the construction of a double-track on the Cicalengka-Haurpugur crossing will be completed in May.

For your information, the train line only has a single track or single track. This line is also the location of a train accident involving the Turangga train (KA PIb 65A) with the Greater Bandung Commuterline Train (KA 350) on January 5, 2024.

"The double track for Cicalengka will be completed in May," he said in a working meeting with Commission V of the DPR, at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, January 18.

Budi said the government is currently trying to make all railway lines consist of two routes. Given, the accidents that occurred in Cicalengka and the train fell in Tanggulangin, East Java on a single track.

"We are indeed trying to find two paths. Whether it's in Bandung, or in Tanggulangin, it's one route," he explained.

In addition to the train line, Budi admitted that he would solve the problem of railroads. He said that repairs would be carried out from manual to automatic in all regions, including Java Island.

"This budget year we will complete everything related to the signal. Especially in Java," he said.

Previously, he said the investigation into the cause of the Turangga train crash (KA) and Bandung Raya local train is still ongoing. This includes the drop in the Pandalungan train.

As is known, Budi said that currently the Ministry of Transportation together with the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) are investigating the cause of the Turangga train accident and the Bandung Raya local train, and the drop of the Pandalungan train.

However, continued Budi, based on investigations so far, the cause of the accident was due to human fatigue or human error.

"So from what we have observed, while the NTSC has not provided a result, there is one possibility that there is a technical error in SOP violations means human factors and other things that we are currently identifying," he said in a working meeting with Commission V DPR, at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, January 18.