Repeated obstacles on the KRL route, this time mattress wire
Train tracks should be sterile. However, there were problems with mass transportation facilities, including mattress wire.
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The condition of the commuter line was blocked during the accumulation of passengers due to an incident where the spring bed wire got caught in the train tracks.
The journey of the electric train or KRL Jabodetabek train set from Tanah Abang to Rangkasbitung was briefly disrupted on Tuesday (30/1/2024) night. The cause was a wire from a bed frame that got caught in the Commuter Line train set number 1772 near Pondok Ranji Station, Ciputat District, South Tangerang.
This disturbance caused passengers to be trapped for several hours at stations or on trains. It not only affected train travel, but also the health of passengers. Hundreds of overcrowded passengers in trains and on platforms made a number of passengers feel short of breath, with some even fainting.
As a result of the incident, one of the train passengers, Nabila (25), had to control her acid reflux which flared up while being stuck on the train with hundreds of other passengers. That night, she was supposed to travel from Tahan Abang Station to Rawa Buntu Station at 7.30 PM.
"At Tanah Abang Station, the train that I was boarding didn't move. There was only an announcement that the train was stopped due to a delayed departure. I didn't know about the incident in Pondok Ranji until my sibling informed me through Whatsapp," said Nabila on Wednesday (31/1/2024).
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The spring bed wire caught on the KRL train tracks on Tuesday (30/1/2024) evening.
Nearly two hours trapped inside a crowded and hot train made Nabila dizzy and short of breath. She even couldn't stand and chose to sit amidst the crush of standing passengers inside the train.
During the first hour, the door of the train Nabila was on had not yet been closed. However, she chose to remain inside the train due to the crowded conditions outside. At 8:30 pm, the train doors began to close and she, along with hundreds of other passengers, was trapped inside. Eventually, the train was only able to begin moving at 9:11 pm and arrived at Palmerah Station for a transit at 9:30 pm.
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"However, it turns out the train is stuck again at Kebayoran Station. "Because stomach acid had risen and my head was really dizzy, I got off at Kebayoran Station and asked to be picked up there," he said.
South Tangerang resident, Erhan Prasetya (29), was also affected by the incident. He was stuck at Tanah Abang Station, then stuck again at Palmerah Station. “The situation last night was really bad. I was stuck for two hours with my phone battery low. About an hour into the train,my cell phone was dead and I couldn't contact my wife,” he said.
Erhan has stated that many passengers choose to get off the train. This action is taken because many passengers are already exhausted from waiting due to the unmanageable situation inside the train. In fact, the crowdedness of the passengers has caused one of them in Erhan's car to faint.
"Several passengers got off in an unusual way, some jumped from the train door directly to the ground because the door position was far from the platform. Some passengers who had successfully exited then gathered under the train door to help others get off," said Erhan.
Hunting down individuals
External Relations and Corporate Image Care PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI), Leza Arlan, said that there was a spring bed wire that was connected to one of the trains. As a result, other KRL trips were affected.
A few moments after the problem was discovered, the relevant officers were already at the location to remove the wire involved. They then check the circuit for the safety and security of the commuter line on that crossing.
The Commuter line was blocked during the accumulation of passengers due to an incident where the spring bed wire got caught in the train tracks. on Tuesday (30/1/2024) evening.
This disturbance has caused KCI to implement operational pattern engineering for 8 trips of KRL Jabodetabek. The disturbance also impacts 6 other KRL trips which are delayed by 18-34 minutes, namely Commuter Line Number 1776 on the I line of Kebayoran Station and Commuter Line Number 1778 on the III line of Kebayoran Station.
The journey of several KRL trains has been hindered, including Commuter Line Number 1780 on the I line at Palmerah Station, Commuter Line Number 1785 at Palmerah Station, Commuter Line Number 1782 on the VI line at Tanah Abang Station, and Commuter Line Number 1784 on the VI line at Tanah Abang Station.
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Leza deeply regrets the incident. According to Law Number 23 of 2007 regarding Railways, it is prohibited for anyone to be in the path of railway utility, to drag, move, place, or transfer goods onto the rails or to cross the railway track, or to use the railway track for other purposes besides railway transportation. Offenders can also be fined up to 15 million rupiahs.
Currently, said Leza, her team is hunting down irresponsible individuals who threw a mattress wire onto the railway tracks near Pondok Ranji Station. KCI officers will visit residents around the railway area and the station near the scene of the incident. In addition, they will collaborate with the local police.
The atmosphere of passenger crowding at Manggarai Transit Station, South Jakarta, during rush hour on Tuesday (11/4/2023) afternoon.
"We also conducted a socialization about the danger of activities or throwing something on the railway because it endangers train journeys and passengers as well," he added.
The process of evacuating wire from the bed and checking the KA 1772 train set at Pondok Ranji Station was completed at 9:30 PM local time. Since then, the train journey on that route has returned to normal and can be used again.
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Anticipation
According to the Chair of the Indonesian Transportation Society (MTI) Road and Railway Transport Forum, Aditya Dwi Laksana, there are things that must be done to anticipate waste dumping around the tracks, namely education, engineering, and enforcement. /i>Education must be given intensively to local residents to provide an understanding that the railway (KA) space area is sterile from people, objects and buildings that have the potential to endanger train operations.
Then, engineering is needed to ensure that the space belonging to the train route (rumija) and the operational safety room are sterile from other objects. Engineering is also needed to ensure that the useful space area of the train route (house) is sterile from illegal buildings that interfere with the safety and smooth operation of the train.
The Commuter line was blocked during a buildup of passengers due to the incident of the spring bed wire getting caught in the train tracks on Tuesday (30/1/2024) evening.
"In the railway track, there is a space known as the railway track's utility space or rumaja, and the railway track's property space, or rumija KA. Rumaja is the construction space of the railway track, while rumija is the left and right space of rumaja for the security of the 6-meter wide railway track construction. Rumija must be sterile, and the construction of buildings in rumaja must also have the owner of the railway infrastructure's permit," he said.
Furthermore, the most important thing is law enforcement to control and sterilize rumija and housemates, as well as legal action for violations which must be carried out intensively and consistently.
"Collaboration with local governments is also highly necessary not only to regulate, but also as a solution for managing informal settlements around railroad areas," he continued.
Flood
Disruption of commuter train travel is not solely due to incidents involving wire beds. For instance, floods on the upstream and downstream tracks between Jakarta Kota Station and Tanjung Priok have caused travel interruptions for 11 commuter train routes to and from the area on Wednesday (31/1/2024).
As many as 11 electric train cars have been affected and all of them have the Jakarta Kota-Tanjung Priok route. These are KA 2400, KA 2402, KA 2404, KA 2406, KA 2408, KA 2410, KA 2412, KA 2401, KA 2403, KA 2405, and KA 2407.
Previously, the journey of 11 KRL (commuter trains) was canceled due to a puddle of water making the location impassable. However, at this time, the trains in the route can already pass through with speed restrictions.
