TERMINATION OF PARAHYANGAN TRAIN

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The Development of MassTransportationThe Termination of Parahyangan TrainOperation

Putri Kamalia Hakim2215071462

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English Department

State Uniersit! "#$akarta


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The Development of Mass Transportation

(The Termination of Parahyangan Train Operation)

ABSTRACT Transportation in Indonesia is one of the problems which have littleattention from Indonesian government. A recent issue about the end of the a

train which have served the Jakarta-Bandung route for nearly 4 years!

"arahyangan ! raised ob#ections from public due to some reasons. This paper

brie$y reviews the law underlying this issue! the reason of ceasing the operation

of the Bandung "arahyangan train and the e%ect of ceasing the operation of the

Bandung "arahyangan train. The analysis of the problem brings about a clear

view about the problem so the problem hopefully will not happen again in the

future. There are some articles used in this paper as references in conducting

the analysis. The main article used in this paper is taken from &ompas.com

titled '&A "arahyangan Bakal Tinggal &enangan(.

I% Intr"&u'ti"n

Ba'kgr"un& "# the anal!sis

People say that "the development of culture and technology of a nation

is truly represented through its development of mass transportation

technology". Personally, the sentence is not excessive many large

cities in the !orld can move for!ard ecause it is accompanied y its

improvement of mass transportation. #ass transportation sho!s the

civility of society, the progress of pulic technology and the

environmental pulic a!areness and the government partisanship !iththe society.

In In&"nesia( mass transp"rtati"n is an issue )hi'h is ign"re&

*! s"me pe"ple% +"t man! pe"ple kn") that haing the i&ea

that mass transp"rtati"n has a *a& image in terms "# seri'e

an& se'urit! hae '"ntri*ute& t" &e'lining supp"rt #"r the

e,isten'e "# a mass transp"rtati"n% -ike the pr"*lem )hi'h I

raise& in this paper( namel! the termination of Parahyangan train


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operation( is a pr"*lem )hi'h is surprising #"r s"me

'"mmunities in In&"nesia *e'ause the!.e *een asleep in

'"nsuming m"re priate transp"rtati"n an& &i& n"t kn") the

'"n&iti"n "# the mass transp"rtati"n "# this '"untr! in real%

Parahyangan Train egan hard to compete since the toll Cipularang

operate. This is very regrettale, !hen people need a variety of

transportation model to develop tourism sector, the government chose

to stop operating the Parahyangan train. #any people hope that there

!ill e a !in$!in solution for this prolem ecause parahyangan train

has many historical factors that potentially might ecome a very

interesting and pro%tale if it is !ell managed.

This paper aims to %nd out the reasons !hy PT &A' cease the operation

of Parahyangan train, to (no! the e)ect of ceasing the operation of

Parahyangan train for the society, and !hat PT &A' do after cease the

operation of the train.

/he signi'an'e "# the anal!sis

uesti"ns "# the anal!sis

*+ hy did PT &A' cease the operation of Parahyangan train-

+ hat are the e)ects of ceasing the operation of Parahyangan

train oth for the society-

/+ hat does PT &A' do after cease the operation of the train-

II% Dis'ussi"n

elate& P"li'ies


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Issue 3nal!sis

3% /he anal!sis "# the pr"*lem

1 h! &i& P/ K3I 'ease the "perati"n "# Parah!angan train

The Parahyangan train, !hich served passengers relialy from *3=*,

!as o@cially phased out on April due to a steep decline in

passenger numers. The locomotive that serves this route reuires

55 liters of diesel to travel 55 (ilometers long for one trip ut the

train can only get aout = passengers !hich means that PT &A' get

/D. million dollars for one trip. 't can only :ust cover the cost of

diesel fuel cre! and employee salaries are not yet covered.

Another reason is the train service has not een ale to compete

!ith uses plying the same route via the ne! Ea(arta$Bandung turn

pi(e, !hich cut travel time y car y up to t!o$and$a$half hours. PT

&A su)ered a loss of Rp / illion Faout 0SG/5,555+ in 553

ecause it !as unale to cover operational and fuel costs.

2 hat are the ee'ts "# 'easing the "perati"n "#

Parah!angan train #"r s"'iet!

&A Parahyangan has high historical and social value so that is very

miserale to remove the existence of a rail!ay !hich has existed

since the 8utch era, !here for the construction of its tunnels


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reuires the sacri%ce of thousands of lives. Besides, Pusat Pelestarian

Benda dan Aset Berse:arah PT &ereta Api FPersero+have created a ne!

type of tourism, 4eritage Rail!ay Trip, to see ho! precious and

historical Ea(arta$Bandung route is. Because of its termination,passenger !ho !ant to feel relax and see the scenery along the trip

Bandung$Ea(arta, !hich is very fresh and greatly sho!s the eauty

of 'ndonesia should spend more money to uy Argo 7ede tic(et.

The decision to terminate &A Parahyangan operation !as clearly

incriminating for many people and of course a)ected the livelihood

of the people associated !ith the existence of this train. #ost of the

passengers chose this train ecause they prefer a more economical

transportation !hich can deliver the goods in large uantities. The

sustitute of &A Parahyangan, &A Argo 7ede, can not heal the

disappointment of the passengers, ecause the price of train is very

expensive. Business class train tic(ets for parahyangan costs RP

/5,555 and costs D5,555 for the executive class, !hile tic(ets !orth

of &A Argo 7ede RP =H,555.

Rail!ay transportation in another countries is moderniIed and

managed y a sophisticated management, increased its service and

technology, !hereas in our country, rail!ay replaced y

transportation that produces a lot of air pollution, sacri%cing land

rice %elds and !ater catchment areas, and di)using natural energy.

Termination of Parahyangan train operation also gives e)ect to itsrival, PT 8ay Trans and PT Citra 7raha Cipaganti. They pursue the

Parahyangan rail!ay mar(et. They see that the termination is very

potential for transportation services company. Therefore, PT 8ay

Trans plans to increase capacity of *H55 seats per day to ta(e a

train passenger mar(et Parahyangan. The addition is accompanied

y the increased freuency of *H5 departures

8 hat &"es P/ K3I &" a#ter 'ease the "perati"n "# the train-


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PT &A'Js directors decided to end the line of parahyangan train,

Ea(arta$andung, Bandung$Ea(arta, and suseuently served !ith

the &A Argo 7ede, !ith limited freuency.PT &A !ill ma(e

reschedulingfor &A Argo 7ede and if necessary !ill give discount forcertain hours. Argo 7ede !ill serve passengers in Cimahi,

Padalarang, Pur!a(arta, Be(asi, and Eatinegara.

Parahyangan &A series !ill then e used to do the expansion !ith

operating the rail!ay #alaar for round trip Bandung$ #alang

started /5 April 5*5 to meet the needs of consumers in that line.

This series consists of complete classes, namely the rail!ay

executives, usiness, economic plus and freight trains.#alaar train

is scheduled to depart from Bandung at *H;/5 and arrive in #alang

Station at ;**.

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