GARUT - Before officially operating, the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) sent a team to check the safety aspects of the reactivation project of the Garut-Cibatu Station railway in Garut Regency, West Java.
"Please be patient in the surrounding Garut community because safety is the number one thing we need to pay attention to," said Director General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia Zulfikri while conducting a train test at Garut Station, West Java, Sunday, February 13.
Zulfikri said the inspection to check the safety aspects of the track was in accordance with the mandate of the RI Law No. 23 of 2007 concerning Railways that every time a train line operates, a series of tests must be carried out to ensure the safety of the train's operation later.
The Ministry of Transportation, he said, had dispatched a safety team and a testing team to test train lines, station readiness, and also conduct safety assessments. Then, Zulfikri continued, noting several things that needed to be improved and followed up in order to meet the conditions for proper operation for general passengers.
"That's what we have done and indeed from the test results and also the safety assessment that was carried out there were some notes which are of course normal things, some notes that need to be corrected, followed up to meet the provisions," he said.
He conveyed that during the next month a series of trains without passengers would be carried out to test the Garut-Cibatu Station line.
"We are going to do a limited test, earlier this week maybe we will do a test with an empty circuit like before, the circuit has no contents," he said.
He conveyed that during the trial of the track, it could also be carried out for a month while making findings in the field, it had to be improved until it was finally decided that it was appropriate for the train to operate carrying general passengers.
"After that, of course, in parallel, improvements will be made to the results of our tests and safety assessments, it will only take about a month, depending on the friends there to complete this," he said.
The train line from Garut-Cibatu Station has not been operated for almost 40 years, then the central government has reacted the line, including rebuilding the station it crosses.
PT KAI plans to open a commercial train service with connections between Garut-Pasar Senen Station, Jakarta, and Garut-Purwakarta (PP) Station.
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