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Behind the Deadly Railway Crossings

Monday, May 11, 2026

Train accidents frequently occur at level crossings. Around a thousand locations are considered problematic.

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The rail crossing near Bekasi Timur Station, where a Green SM taxi was struck by a train in Bekasi, West Java, April 28, 2026. Tempo/Ilham Balindra. tempo : 178113760519.

SEVEN officers from the Bekasi City Transportation Agency in West Java were busy directing traffic on Jalan Ampera on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. The location sits directly on a railway level crossing only about 300 meters from Bekasi Timur Station.

One officer stood on the north side of the road, right in front of the crossing gate. That day, he was assigned to lower a bamboo barrier whenever a train approached.

Several local residents were a

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Lani Diana, Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Adi Warsono (Bekasi), Ricky Juliansyah (Depok), and M. Murtadho (Bogor) contributed to the writing of this article.

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