Viral Passengers Of Kolok Train Fans To Ricecooker, KAI: Stop Contact Only For Gawai Charges

Railway illustration (Photo: KAI)

JAKARTA - Viral on social media X (Twitter) videos of train passengers using a stop contact or plug in the train seat to turn on a portable fan. The incident was discovered on the Airlangga train trip on the Surabaya Pasar Turi-Pasar Senen connection.

The upload of the video is the @jalan5_ account on February 17, 2024. The video has 92,500 thousand views.

One of the netizens sent a video of a unique moment to the @surabaykabarmetro account while in the Airlangga train (Surabaya Pasar Turi-Jakarta Pasar Senen). One of the passengers uses a portable fan that is attached to a baggage rack. This fan gets electricity from the stop contact on the train," wrote @jalan5_, quoted Monday, February 19.

Responding to this, KAI VP Public Relations Joni Martinus said PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) reminded the rules in the use of contact stop facilities or electrical plugs available on every train seat. He said this facility can only be used to charge devices or gadgets such as cellphones, tablets, or laptops.

Joni said that in the past few days, there was a lot of discussion on social media about the use of stop contact on trains for the purpose of making up rice, and portable fans hanging over passenger seats. In fact, previously there were also many passengers who used hair straighteners by using a stop contact on the train.

"In addition to gadgets, passengers are not allowed to use stop contact on trains for other purposes such as household electronic devices. This is because it can interfere with other passengers or potentially endanger the safety and comfort of train travel," Joni said in an official statement, Monday, February 19.

In addition, said Joni, the use of electronic devices with large electrical power is excessive and simultaneously, it is feared that it could interfere with the overall train electricity function.

"KAI urges customers to respect and respect each other among fellow customers so that train travel remains safe and comfortable. We also advise customers to always obey the rules, maintain order, maintain train and station facilities because train services are public facilities," concluded Joni.