The Ministry of Transportation Starts Repairing the Aceh Railway Line Damaged by the January 2026 Flood

Director General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation, Allan Tandiono. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) through the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) reported that a number of railway lines in Aceh Province were damaged due to the flash flood disaster that occurred in the region some time ago.

Director General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation, Allan Tandiono said that the repair of the railway line in Aceh could not be immediately carried out because it still required verification and inventory of damage.

The initial study process is planned to start in January 2026.

"Aceh has not yet, it needs to be verified again for inventory. Soon, next month we will start the study to see how much damage there is," said Allan after the media briefing on the 2025/2026 Nataru Transportation in Jakarta, Wednesday, December 31.

However, Allan said that damage to the railway in Aceh did not have much impact on community activities. The reason is that the railway in the region has not been optimally utilized before the disaster occurred.

"Before the disaster, how many kilometers of active rail in Aceh, and how many passengers served a day. But we will still fix it, we will count later," he said.

Meanwhile, for other areas outside Aceh, especially North Sumatra, DJKA ensures that the process of repairing the railway line has been completed.

Thus, railway services in the region have returned to normal.

"North Sumatra has no obstacles, it has served again as before the disaster. So North Sumatra was submerged, it has been repaired, which has not been Aceh. We will count Aceh," said Allan.

Previously, Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi revealed that the train transportation mode was also affected by floods and landslides in several areas of Sumatra. Dudy said that many rail lines were severely damaged by flooding.

"Regarding the train, we are still surveying, because it is quite severe on the railway line, we are still calculating the need for funds, because many railway tracks were swept away by the water," Dudy said in a virtual broadcast of the DPR Disaster Recovery Task Force coordination meeting, Tuesday, December 30.

Therefore, Dudy said, the government plans to prepare additional budgets next year for the procurement of new rail lines in disaster-affected areas.

"We calculate that in total there will be new procurement for this train line," he said.