JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Dudy Purwagandhi reviewed a number of vulnerable areas along the Semarang Regional Operation Area (Daop) 4 railway line as part of the readiness for Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 (Nataru) transportation.
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The review was carried out to ensure the readiness of railway infrastructure, especially at points that are potentially affected by floods, river overflows, and landslides.
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Launching the official Instagram post of the Ministry of Transportation @kemenhub151, Sunday, December 14, the review was carried out together with the Director General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation Allan Tandiono, KAI President Director Bobby Rasyidin, and the Regional Secretary of Central Java Province Sumarno. The entourage traced a number of locations, ranging from Semarang Tawang Station, Karangjati, to Weleri.
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A number of points on the crossing have been recorded as having experienced waterlogging in previous rainy seasons. This condition had forced the operator to impose restrictions on the speed of train travel to maintain passenger safety.
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"As a precautionary measure, the Ministry of Transportation together with PT KAl and the Semarang Railway Engineering Office have taken various mitigation steps," wrote the Ministry of Transportation, quoted on Sunday, December 14.
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Efforts carried out include normalization of drainage, installation of safety barriers, and strengthening of piles and bridges at vulnerable points.
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"All of these steps are aimed at ensuring that the holiday trip at the end of the year is always safe and secure even if there is bad weather," wrote the Ministry of Transportation.
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3.94 Million People Choose to Use Trains in Nataru
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Previously reported, the Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi revealed that as many as 119.5 million people are predicted to travel, both outside and within the province, during the 2025 Christmas and New Year holidays (Nataru).
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Dudy said that the prediction was based on a survey conducted by the Ministry of Transportation's Transportation Policy Agency in collaboration with the Central Statistics Agency, the Ministry of Communication and Digital, and Academics.
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"According to the survey, 42.01 percent of Indonesian residents or about 119.5 million people have the potential to travel during the 2025/2026 Christmas holiday," said Dudy at a media briefing in Jakarta, Friday, December 5.
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Based on the survey, continued Dudy, there is a trend of increasing the potential for movement of the community nationally during the Nataru Transportation period by 2.71 percent, from 39.30 percent last year to 42.01 percent.
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Dudy said the increase in public interest to travel during the 2025/2026 Christmas season was due to several factors, one of which was the long holiday season. Because, school holidays coincide with the Christmas holiday.
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Regarding the choice of transportation mode, Dudy said that the use of private cars was the most according to the survey results, the figure reached 42.78 percent or 51.12 million people.
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"The next largest mode is motorcycles at 18.41 percent or 22.00 million people, buses at 8.17 percent or 9.76 million people, rental cars at 7.43 percent or 8.87 million people, travel cars at 6.39 percent or 7.64 million people," he said.
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Meanwhile, continued Dudy, air travel is predicted to contribute 3.57 percent or 4.27 million people. Meanwhile, long-distance trains are 3.29 percent or 3.94 million people.
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"The ferry is 3.14 percent or 3.75 million people, the sea ship is 2.20 percent or 2.62 million people," he said.
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