Transportation Observers Call The Feeder Padang-Bandung Train Potentially Due To Congestion

JAKARTA - The Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Train (KCJB) is targeted to operate this year, to be precise in June. However, a new problem arose, namely access to the city of Bandung from the last station of Padalarang.

Even though it is called the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train, in fact, this mass transportation does not connect directly with the cities of Jakarta and the city of Bandung.

Because the last train station did not reach the city of Bandung, but stopped at Padalarang Station in West Bandung Regency.

Transportation expert at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Sony Sulaksono said that access to transportation from the station was an issue that was being discussed.

"Another issue is Padalarang-Bandung access," he told VOI, written Thursday, February 16.

The government itself is preparing a feeder train to connect Padalarang Station to Bandung City Station. That way, it is estimated that the total travel time of Jakarta-Bandung will be 1 hour.

However, Sony said, this is actually a new problem. The reason is, this feeder train is planned to be operated every 30 minutes. Meanwhile, the train will pass through four plots.

Automatically when the train passes through the four plots, the traffic of vehicles around it must be temporarily stopped. Sony thinks this will make traffic worse.

"You can imagine what the traffic jam will be if the crossing gate is closed every 15-30 minutes," he said.

Quoted from the DPR RI website, member of Commission V DPR Iis Rosyita Dewi expressed her concern about the effectiveness of the high-speed train which did not reach the center of Bandung but to Padalarang.

Iis said, from Padalarang, passengers who want to continue their journey to the city of Bandung can use feeder trains or feeder trains.

For this reason, Iis asked the relevant government to ensure the effectiveness of the overall travel time up to Bandung Kota Station.

What kind of effectiveness should this be seen? The travel time, will the fast train be good then the waiting time for this feeder train is long, or what," said Iis.

Iis also asked the central and regional governments to really pay attention and establish the mechanism clearly.

"Don't let people who have spent more expensive rates than regular trains feel there is no difference," he said.

Furthermore, Iis also reminded that KAI really detailed the suitability of the fast train schedule with the feeder train so that later transiting passengers can immediately continue their journey to the Bandung City station.

"In my opinion, the barometer is what is needed by the community, whether it needs to be fast or needs to be cheap, right," he said.