Acting Governor Of West Java Calls The Cicalengka Double Rampung Mid-2024 Train Line

The railroad line on the road plot between Haurpugur Station and Cicalengka Station which is the point of the Turangga train accident and the Greater Bandung Raya Commuterline Train is being tested, Saturday (6/1/2024). (ANTARA/HO KAI Daop 2)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of West Java Beyvi Machmudin said that the construction of a double train line in the plot of the Turangga train accident site and the Greater Bandung Commuterline train was completed in mid-2024.

The location of the accident in the section of Haurpugur Station and Cicalengka Station in Bandung Regency is indeed one route, making it difficult and hampering the speed of train traffic.

"The construction of a double track, said the Director General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation (Mohammad Risal Wasal), in the first semester of 2024, was completed at yesterday's location, so that the double tracks in Bandung were all completed in the first semester of 2024," said Bey at the PT KAI office, Bandung, West Java, reported by ANTARA, Saturday, January 6.

The same thing was expressed by the President Director (Managing Director) of PT KAI Didiek Hartantyo that in this double-line project, PT KAI also improved the signaling system.

Even Didiek said that the construction of this double line was carried out in all areas of the railway line in Greater Bandung which was completed in the first semester of 2024 with the obstacles of land acquisition that could be resolved.

"Constraints are indeed land acquisition. So this double track, including the improvement of the signal system, which was electric mechanical, this is the line in Bandung for the first semester double track, all of which is only one plot away, so God willing, it will be finished," he said.

A train accident occurred between the Turangga Train (Surabaya-Bandung) and the Greater Bandung Commuter Line Train (Padalarang-Cicalengka) on the road plot between Haurpugur Station and Cicalengka Station on Friday (5/1) at around 06.00 WIB.

In this accident, PT KAI reported that four victims died, consisting of the driver, assistant driver, steward, and Polsuska who were on duty on the train.

Then, at least 33 people were injured and taken to four nearby hospitals, namely Cicalengka Hospital, Edelweis Hospital, AMC Hospital, and Santosa Hospital for treatment.

PT KAI also said that a number of train trips via the Operational Area (Daop) 2 Bandung were engineered to rotate or cancel the impact of this train collision accident.

The evacuation of the two unfortunate trains, said by PT KAI, had been successfully carried out in the early hours of Saturday and had been normalized and declared safe by the Daop 2 Bandung Road and Bridge team at 06.30 WIB.

Then the KA line was tested with two locomotives at a speed of 5 km/h at 07.28 WIB, which means that the route can now be passed at a limited speed.