10 Trains Stopped Extraordinary At Daop 5 Purwokerto Post-Earthquake M 6.4 Bantul Yogakarta

PURWOKERTO - A total of 10 trains stopped extraordinary in the PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) area of Operation 5 Purwokerto after the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4

"In accordance with our SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) in the event of an earthquake, all trains stop waiting for an inspection of the railway line," said Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Daop 5 Purwokerto Krisbiyantoro, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, June 30.

In this case, he said, all drivers operating the train were asked to stop simultaneously by the Railway Travel Control Center through the centralized locomotive radio.

After all the trains stopped, he continued, officers from the Road and Bridge Unit (JJ) monitored to ensure that the road and bridge conditions were safely passed by the train after the earthquake was felt.

"The train order must stop at 20.05 WIB and return to 20.33 WIB," he explained.

Krisbiyantoro said the 10 trains that stopped extraordinary in the Daop 5 Purwokerto area, especially the Prupuk-Kroya route, consisted of a 60 Bima train position at Prupuk Station, KA 2612 Goods positioned on the Slawi-Prupuk road plot, KA 249 Serayu positioned on the Notog-Purwokerto road plot.

KA 180 Baturraden Express positioned on the Purwokerto-Notog road plot, KA 105 Gaya Baru positioned on the Karangsari-Patuguran road plot, and the Senja Yogyakarta train at Purwokerto Station.

Meanwhile, at the Kroya-Kutoarjo crossing, it consists of KA 149 Sawunggalih positioning at Sumpiuh Station, KA 2719 The position of the Gombong-Ijo road plot, KA 223 North Kutojaya positioning at Kebumen Station, and KA 134 Kertanegara positioning Kutoarjo Station.

"Meanwhile, at the Kroya-Banjar crossing, there are no trains that have to stop extraordinaryly because they happen to have no trains passing by," he said.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 (M6.4) that occurred on Friday (30/6), at 19.57 WI, was located at 8.63 south latitude and 110.08 east longitude or 86 kilometers southwest of Bantul, Yogyakarta Special Region, with a depth of 25 kilometers.