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Don’t Raise Train Rates

THE government’s decision to postpone indefinitely an increase in train ticket prices for the Jabodetabek (Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi) route is the right thing to do. In fact, there is no need to do so at all.

Initially the government intended to raise the rates from Rp2,000 to Rp3,500 for economy class and from Rp5,500 to Rp7,000 for air-conditioned economy class. At a glance this looks cheap. How

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