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Greater Jakarta: Bogor-Jakarta commuter train derails
BOGOR: Early Thursday, less than a week after commuter train operator PT KAI Commuter Jabodetabek (KCJ) raised fares, for a better service, a train serving Bogor-Jakarta derailed at Cilebut station in Bogor
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OGOR: Early Thursday, less than a week after commuter train operator PT KAI Commuter Jabodetabek (KCJ) raised fares, for a better service, a train serving Bogor-Jakarta derailed at Cilebut station in Bogor.
KCJ spokesman Mateta Rijalulhaq said that a 20-centimeter section of track was damaged and had caused the carriages to slip off the rails.
“The affected rail was not caused by poor maintenance because we routinely check the tracks. The previous trains must have damaged the track,” he said as quoted by antaranews.com.
No casualties were reported but many passengers panicked because the automatic doors in the air-conditioned carriages could not be opened after the incident.
The removal of the carriages disrupted at least 40 schedules and the route was limited to Bojong Gede station, West Java to Jakarta Kota station, West Jakarta.
