Indonesia’s railway system ‘needs an overhaul’
The Indonesian Transportation Community (MTI) has said the local rail industry must improve its technical capacity and services in order to avoid more accidents, says The Jakarta Post, due to frequently railway accidents in the country.
“Thus, the Transportation Ministry should improve four basic elements of the railway system. They are infrastructure, rolling stock, human resources and the management system,” he said.
He said infrastructure, such as the signal system, the rail tracks and the supporting ground, needed continual monitoring.
“The rolling stock, or the vehicles that move on the railway, also need better supervision,” Bambang said.
The role of human resources, such as railway inspectors, has decreased over the years, he said. “Meanwhile, the management system, which studies the management of the whole railway system, also needs improvement.”
On Saturday the Serayu passenger train was derailed in the West Java town of Garut, injuring 70 people and temporarily closing the southern railway track from Jakarta to Kroya in Central Java.
State railway company PT KA claimed that heavy rain was responsible for the accident.
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