The Suritanjung Train Travel Was Disturbed By Floods In Kalibaru

The Sritanjung train was detained due to flooding which caused inundation on the rail between Kalibaru Station - Mrawan Station with a height of up to 16 cm on Thursday (11/5/2023). ANTARA/HO-Humas KAI Daop 9 Jember

JEMBER - The train journey (KA) of Sritjung was disrupted due to floods that hit the border of Jember Regency with Banyuwangi, East Java, causing inundation between Kalibaru Station in Banyuwangi Regency and Mrawan Station in Jember Regency.

"Based on information from Kalibaru Station officers, at 07.49 WIB there were puddles in the Kalibaru Station emblases as a result of heavy rains," said Daily Executive of Legal and Public Relations Manager Daop 9 Jember Anwar Yuli Prastyo in a written statement quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, May 11.

According to him, at 08.31 WIB the inundation was quite high, 300 meters long at kilometer 36 + 500 - 36 + 800 plots of roads between Kalibaru Station - Mrawan Station with a height of 16 cm.

"As a result, the Sritanjung train from Ketapang Station, which entered Kalibaru Station at 08.20 WIB, could not be dispatched because the inundation was quite high on the railroad tracks," he said.

After efforts were made to handle the rail road section, he continued, at 09.22 WIB the height of the inundation water at the location receded to 4 cm and was declared safe to pass by the train.

"Furthermore, at 09.28 WIB, the Sritanjung train was dispatched back from Kalibaru Station escorted by officers to pass the location safely. The Sritanjung train departed from Kalibaru Station with a delay of 69 minutes," he said.

At 10.21 WIB, the puddle at kilometer 36 + 800 had receded to an altitude below the rail and the train could be traversed at normal speed, so that currently the train schedule is only the Sritanjung train from Ketapang Station to Lempuyangan Station.

"We apologize for the delay in the departure of the Sritanjung train from Kalibaru Station and we have also provided service recovery to train passengers Sritjung as compensation for the delays that occurred," he said.

Anwar said KAI Daop 9 Jember officers were still monitoring the location and efforts to increase the capacity of waterways so that the same thing would not happen again when heavy rains flushed Kalibaru to Mrawan.