Wheels and Tracks Issues of Jabodebek LRT
Damage occurrs to the wheels of Jabodebek LRT train cars, allegedly because the tracks are not built to specification. Instead of fixing the problem, the government changes the regulation.
Aisha Shaidra
November 20, 2023
NOT even three months into operation, the Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Bekasi light rail transit (LRT Jabodebek) continues to have problems. The latest of which is the issue of worn-out wheels that sent 17 of the 27 Jabodebek LRT trains to the repair center. Consequently, the train arrival distance or headway is protracted from 10 to 15 minutes initially to 30 minutes to one hour, due to the limited fleet.
According to a staff member at the Harjamukti Ja
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