Turangga Vs KA Bandung Raya Collision: KAI Implements Roads To Turn-Oper Stapend Bandung-Kroya-Surabaya

A railroad collision occurred between the Turangga train, the Surabaya Gubeng-Bandung and the Greater Bandung Commuterline, at Km 181+700 plots of road between Haurpugur Station-Cicalengka Station on Friday at 06.03 WIB. BETWEENA/Rubby Jovan

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Daop 5 Purwokerto apologized to all train customers who were disrupted by the impact of the Turangga train collision (KA 65A) relation from Surabaya Gubeng-Bandung Station with the Commuter Line Bandung Raya (KA 350) connection from Padalarang-Cicalengka Station. The location of the collision was on a road plot between Haurpugur-Cicalengka Station, precisely at KM 181+700, Friday, December 5 at 06.03 WIB. Public Relations Manager Daop 5 Purwokerto Feni Novida Saragih explained that the cause of the incident is still under investigation by related parties. "KAI Daop 5 Purwokerto apologizes to train customers for the travel disruption. We convey that currently handling is still being carried out on that route, so train travel, both passengers and goods, is expected to return to normal soon," he said in an electronic message received in Jakarta. The Kroya-Bandung southern route could not be passed for a while because the evacuation handling was still ongoing. For train trips - trains that will pass in the Bandung – Kroya – Surabaya area or vice versa, KAI conducts operational pattern engineering efforts in the form of turning and operating stations. The following is the operating pattern of KA from the Daop 5 Purwokerto area where the journey was rotated from Bandung – Cikampek – Kroya until this release was published, namely: 1. Lodaya Pagi (KA 92) train relationship from Bandung-Kroya-Solobalapan Station to Bandung-Cikampek-Cirebon-Prupuk-Kroya-Solobalapan; 2. Argo wilis train (KA 6) relations from Bandung-Kroya-Surabaya Gubeng Station to Bandung-Cikampek-Cirebon-Prupuk-Kroya-Surabaya Gubeng; 3. Baturraden Express (KA 182) train relationship from Bandung-Kroya-Purwokerto Station to Bandung-Cikampek-Cirebon-Prupuk-Purwokerto; 4. KA Serayu (KA250) relations from Purwokerto-Kroya-Kiaracondong-Pasarsenen Station to Purwokerto-Prupuk-Cirebon Prujakan-Cikampek Station; 5. Serayu train (KA 249) connection from Pasarsenen-Cikampek-Kiaracondong-Kroya-Purwokerto Station to Cikampek-Cirebon Prujakan-Prupuk-Purwokerto Station; 6. KA Pasundan (KA 240) relation from Kiaracondong Station-Kroya-Surabaya Gubeng to Kiaracondong-Cikampek-Cirebon Prujakan-Prupuk-Kroya-Surabaya Gubeng; 7. South Kutojaya train (KA 259) relation from Kutoarjo-Kroya-Kiaracondong Station to Kutoarjo-Kroya-Prupuk-Cirebon Prujakan-Cikampek-Kiaracondong Station; 8. KA Lodaya Pagi (KA 91) relation from Solobalapan-Kroya-Bandung to Solobalapan-Kroya-Prupuk-Cirebon-Cikampek-Bandung. Furthermore, for customers whose train trips are affected if they will cancel their journey, the fee is returned by 100 percent and the service recovery is provided for train customers whose trains are delayed.