Landslides At The Karangandul-Karangsari Railroad, 2 Daop Semarang Train Trips Disturbed

Illustration-(Photo: DOK ANTARA)

PT KAI noted that two trains in the Daop 4 Semarang area were disrupted due to landslides that hit the railroad on the area of Jalan Karangandul-Karangsari, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Monday morning. Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Daop 4 Semarang Franoto Wibowo said the two trains that were disrupted were the Joglosemarkerto and Kamandaka trains. "Some trains were canceled and their operational patterns changed," he said in Semarang as reported by Antara, Monday, December 4. He explained that the Kamandaka train trip for the Cilacap-Semarang and Semarang-Bumiayu relations was canceled for departure. As for the Joglosemarkerto train, Semarang-Tegal-Purwokerto connection, he said, the operation of the trip was changed by only ending at Tegal Station. He added that the impact of landslides in Banyumas also had an impact on the diversion of 9 southern routes through the northern route. The nine trains that were diverted were Ranggajati, Argo Semeru, Fajar Utama Solo and Yogyakarta, Bengawan, Taksaka, Argo Lawu, Argo Lawu, and Argo Dwipangga. He said PT KAI apologized for the inconvenience of customers due to changes in operating patterns and the cancellation of the trip. PT KAI, he continued, compensated for the delay or delay in the train journey.

In addition, he said, the cost of purchasing train tickets whose departures were canceled would be returned 100 percent. PT KAI, according to him, seeks to clean the rails from the remaining landslides so that train trips can return to normal soon.