Starting Today, KAI Stops Train Departure From Tanah Abang In Afternoon

KRL Commuter Line. (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - PT KAI (Persero) made adjustments to the Commuter Line electric train (KRL) schedule in the afternoon starting Monday, May 3 to anticipate the congestion of visitors at Tanah Abang Station.

While observing Tanah Abang Market and accompanying DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, Sunday, the Commercial Director of PT KAI Dadan Rudiansyah said his party would eliminate train departures and stops at Tanah Abang Market Station from 15.00 to 19.00 western Indonesia time.

"Tomorrow (today, red) there will be a change in the flow of the KRL operation pattern. To reduce the density in Tanah Abang, at 15 to 19 in Tanah Abang there will be no train stops," said Dadan at Tanah Abang Market, Central Jakarta.

Dadan explained that the train departure and stop routes will be diverted to the closest stations, namely Duri Station and Karet Station so that the accumulation of passengers in Tanah Abang is not expected to happen again.

On that occasion, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan emphasized that with the transfer of KRL operations, the public can access trains from the nearest station to avoid crowds to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Apart from train travel, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, with the assistance of the National Army-Police (TNI-Polri), will also limit and control the number of people entering the station.

The control will be carried out in the Tanah Abang multipurpose pedestrian bridge (skybridge) area, as well as the north side of Jati Baru Street.

"Before the skybridge, there will be control, so that the number of people entering the station is limited. Then at the end of Jati Baru Street, there is a place for TransJakarta to enter, it will also be a place for queues, so there will be control," said Anies.

In this activity, Anies, together with the Head of the Metro Jaya Regional Police, Inspector General Pol Fadil Imran, and the Regional Military Commander, Maj. Gen. Dudung Abdurachman, visited Blok A Tanah Abang Market, Central Jakarta, Sunday.

The three of them held an inspection of the Tanah Abang Market after the circulation of a viral video of visitors to the Tanah Abang Market ahead of the Eid al-Fitr celebration since Saturday, May 1.