Had Disrupted Total Due To Accidents, Now Passenger Activities At Baturaja Station, South Sumatra Back To Normal

Rajabasa Express train passengers go to the train carriage at Kertapati Station, Palembang. (ANTARA/Edo Purmana)

The activity of train passengers at Baturaja Station, OKU Regency, South Sumatra returned to normal after being completely paralyzed due to the Batubara Rusingan Panjang (Babaranjang) train accident in the Central Lampung Regency area on Monday, October 7 at 02.25 WIB. "Yes, today the train journey on the Baturaja-Palembang route and Baturaja-Tanjung Karang has started to return to normal," said Head of Baturaja train station, Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU), Abdullah in Baturaja, quoted from Antara, Thursday, October 10. He said the evacuation process for the two Babaranjang trains involved in the accident had been completed since last Tuesday at around 14.30 WIB. However, his party still temporarily suspended passenger train trips from Tanjungkarang Station and Baturaja and Kertapati Stations. "Alhamdulillah, today the journey of train transport service passengers is no longer disturbed," he said. On the first day of departure, he said, Baturaja Station dispatched 210 passengers to Tanjung Karang and Kertapati Palembang. "Including the Kuala Stabas train to Tanjung Karang, which dispatched 57 passengers this morning," he explained. Previously, the train journey from Baturaja Station had been completely paralyzed for several days due to the Babaranjang train accident with No. PLB 3031A loaded with coal from the direction of Bekri Station hit the Babaranjang PLB 3056A train from the direction of Tegineneng. Abdullah admitted that as a result of the accident, his party was forced to return more than 200 passenger tickets because the train line could not be passed. "On the first day after the accident, there were more than 200 passengers' tickets to Baturaja-Lampung, and Baturaja-Palembang that we returned without any deductions," he said.