Perbaikan Rel Kereta di Cilebut Butuh Waktu Satu Bulan
Repair Work on Broken Rail Tracks in Cilebut May Take a Month
Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Taswin Bahar
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) menyatakan diperkirakan diperlukan waktu satu bulan untuk memperbaiki rel kereta api yang rusak akibat tanah longsor di Cilebut, Bogor, Rabu.
Kepala Humas KAI Sugeng Priyono mengatakan, Kamis, perusahaan akan mencoba mengoperasikan satu jalur kereta api setelah seminggu perbaikan, namun tidak akan mengambil risiko dengan terburu-buru mengoperasikan rel kereta api karena akan memperparah longsor.
"Kami membutuhkan sekitar satu minggu untuk memperbaiki salah satu jalur kereta api dan satu bulan untuk memperbaiki kedua jalur kereta," kata Sugeng.
Pada Rabu sore, hujan lebat menyebabkan tanah longsor di titik Km 45 dekat stasiun Cilebut.
Direktur Utama KAI, Ignasius Jonan mengatakan pihaknya akan memberikan bantuan kepada warga yang rumahnya tertimbun tanah longsor.
"Kami akan memeriksa apakah ini (tertimbun) rumah milik atau tidak. Bagi mereka yang membangun rumah secara legal, kami tidak hanya memberi bantuan tapi juga membantu mereka untuk membangun kembali rumahnya," kata Jonan. Dia menambahkan, bahwa warga yang tidak memiliki dokumen sah akan menerima bantuan separuhnya.
Wakil Kepala Stasiun Kereta Bogor, Enjang Syarif Budiman mengatakan Stasiun Bogor mencatat 35 ribu penumpang per hari. Kebanyakan dari mereka adalah pekerja yang tinggal di Bogor, tetapi bekerja di ibukota, atau pedagang yang menjalankan usahanya di beberapa pasar seperti Tanah Abang.
Rabu kemarin, Enjang menambahkan bahwa stasiun telah membatalkan 98 jadwal kereta. Kerugian materi mencapai Rp128 juta (US$13.280).
Hujan lebat menyebabkan tanah longsor di Km 45 dekat stasiun Cilebut, Bogor, Rabu sore. Akibat longsor, jalur KRL sepanjang 200 meter dan ketinggian sekitar 35 meter membuat jalur rel kereta api tergantung sepanjang 75 meter sehingga rel tidak dapat dilalui kereta dan empat tiang listrik di sepanjang rel kereta api juga terseret longsor.
Sejak itu, seluruh penumpang kereta dari Jakarta ke Bogor hanya sampai di stasiun kereta Bojong Gede. Keesokan harinya, ratusan penumpang dari Bogor harus pergi ke Bojong Gede untuk menggunakan kereta api ke Jakarta.
Jakarta (B2B) - Train operator PT KAI said that it might take a month for it to repair the railway tracks that were displaced by a landslide in Cilebut, Bogor on Wednesday.
Train operator PT KAI said that it might take a month for it to repair the railway tracks that were displaced by a landslide in Cilebut, Bogor on Wednesday, stranding commuters heading to the capital from Bogor station.
KAI spokesman Sugeng Priyono said on Thursday that the company would try to operate one rail track after a week of repairs, but it would not take the risk of rushing to operate the track as it might worsen the landslide. “We need approximately a week to repair one rail track and a month to repair both tracks,” Sugeng said.
On Wednesday afternoon, heavy rains caused a landslide at the 45-kilometer point of the railway in Cilebut.
KAI director Ignasius Jonan said that the company would give donations to residents whose houses had been buried by the landslide.
“We will check whether these [buried] houses are legal or not. For residents who built their houses legally, we will not only give them aid but also help them to rebuild their houses,” Jonan said as quoted by Antara news agency. He added that the residents who did not have legal documents would receive half donations.
Deputy head of the Bogor train station Enjang Syarif Budiman The Bogor station records 35,000 KRL passengers per day. Most of them are workers who reside in Bogor, but work in the capital, or vendors who run businesses in several markets like Tanah Abang.
On Wednesday, Enjang said that the station had canceled 98 train schedules. Material loss reached Rp 128 million (US$13,280), he added.
Heavy rains caused a landslide at the 45-kilometer point of the railway in Cilebut, Bogor, Wednesday afternoon. Due to the landslide, with 200-meters in length and 35-meters in depth, the railway between the two stations hung for 75- meters and four electrical poles along the railway were toppled, said State railway.
Since then, all commuter trains from Jakarta to Bogor could only reach Bojong Gede train station. The following day, hundreds of commuters from Bogor had to go to Bojong Gede to take a train to Jakarta
