Impact Of Floods In Semarang, Train Trips Turn Via The Southern Line

Semarang Station Tawang Bank Jateng was flooded. (Photo: Doc. KAI)

JAKARTA - The railroad line was submerged due to flooding that occurred at several points in the Semarang area, Central Java.

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) decided to engineer and then rotate the road operation pattern for 14 trains to the southern route.

EVP of Corporate Secretary KAI Raden Agus Dwinanto Budiadji said that the engineering and pattern of road operations for 14 trains from north to south routes was carried out to reduce the delay in train travel even more.

The 14 trains are 2 trains for Pandalungan Train. Then, 2 trains for Argo Bromo Anggrek. Then, 2 trains for Majapahit.

Next, KA Kertajaya has 2 trains. Then, KA Sembrani; KA Brawijaya; KA Harina; KA Darmawangsa; KA Gumarang and KA Jayabaya.

"The engineering of the rotating road operation pattern for KA-KA is to reduce the impact of the slowdown even more," Agus said in an official meeting, Thursday, March 14.

Agus said the cancellation could be made up to 7 days after the departure schedule listed on the ticket. For the complete terms and details of the provisions, the public can contact Customer Service at the KAI Station, Contact Center by telephone at 121, or KAI121 social media.

Agus also said that KAI provides service recovery to passengers affected by the high delay in train travel due to flooding in the form of drinks, snacks, and heavy foods.

He said, the impact of the flooded train line of four train trips was canceled as of Thursday, March 14, at 04.30 WIB.

The KA-KA that was canceled on Thursday morning is:

1) KA Ambarawa Express Semarang connection Poncol-Surabaya market.

2) Blora Jaya Train connection Cepu-Semarang Poncol.

3) Kedungsepur train related Semarang Poncol-Ngrombo.

4) KA Banyubiru Semarang connection Tawang Bank Jateng-Solo Balapan.

"KAI apologizes for the cancellation of the KA-KA. For prospective passengers who already have tickets, they can cancel tickets at the station counter and the fee will be returned 100 percent outside of the message fee," said Agus.

Agus said, KAI prepared officers on standby at flood points to ensure safety and prepare the materials needed for the normalization of the train.

Semarang Tawang Station, Central Java Bank, has not served ups and downs of passengers until flood conditions are resolved.

"On behalf of the management and all KAI ranks, we apologize for the inconvenience felt by customers and we are trying our best so that all train trips can return to normal," concluded Agus.