Efficiency Derailed
Just one day after its increase, the price of economy class train travel was restored. Subsidized budget is limited.
January 19, 2011
JOJO handed out three Rp1,000 banknotes through the ticket windows. On that Sunday two weeks ago, the bachelor wanted to ride the electric train plying the Bogor-Jakarta Kota route. Surprisingly, one of the banknotes was returned.
The ticket window officer at Bojong Gede Station, Bogor, informed him that the ticket price increase had been cancelled. The rate returned to the original Rp2,000. Jojo stood open-mouthed. “Yesterday, I paid Rp2,000,
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