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MRT Jakarta to designate women-only cars during peak hours
The move to designate women-only passenger cars follows a survey in which 58 percent of respondents said such a dedicated train car was necessary.
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Jakartans enjoy a trial run of the first phase of the Jakarta MRT, which connects Lebak Bulus in South Jakarta to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta. (The Jakarta Post/Wendra Ajistyatama)
PT MRT Jakarta has decided to designate women-only passenger cars during peak hours.
The move aims to prevent sexual assault.
MRT Jakarta corporate secretary M. Kamaluddin said on Tuesday that the women-only passenger cars would be in the first sequence of train cars.
“There will be one train car dedicated to women. We will place a sticker to designate the women-only cars,” he said, wartakota.tribunews.com reported.
The women-only cars would, however, only be designated during peak hours, from 7 a.m. until 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., as the MRT was not expected to be as crowded as the commuter line, he said.
MRT Jakarta, which operates from South Jakarta's Lebak Bulus Station to Central Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle, is projected to serve around 65,000 passengers a day at 13 train stations, while the Greater Jakarta commuter line recorded 1 million passengers a day at 79 train stations.
The commuter line provides two women-only passenger cars per train in Greater Jakarta.
“No need to be exclusive because the MRT car is spacious inside, unlike that of the commuter line,” he said.
The move to designate women-only passenger cars follows a survey in which 58 percent of respondents said such a dedicated train car was necessary.
“We’ve also learned from [MRT] Tokyo in Japan, which designated [women-only passenger cars] during peak hours,” he added.
MRT Jakarta is set to start commercial operations after March 24. (sau)
