Double-track railway launched
State railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia started operating its newly built double-track railway from Yogyakarta to Surakarta (Solo) in Central Java on Tuesday, in a bid to help speed up railway transportation between the two cities.
Mochtadi, a spokesman from the company’s Yogyakarta office, said that the operation of the new facility would substantially reduce railway density and at the same time enable the company to increase the frequency of its trains.
“The operation of the double track is expected to increase the frequency of trains to 120 (per day) from only 75 earlier,” Mochtadi said.
He said he also expected that the new track would cut delays and shorten travel time between the two cities by around 10 minutes.
Mochtadi added that motorists needed to take care while driving through double-track crossings.
“They need to be more watchful to avoid accidents,” he added.–JP