"There is no other way except closing the busway to Kalideres Terminal because of the flood waters in Pesing," said Harmoni Central Trans-Jakarta Bus Stop official Arif Badri here on Sunday.
The bus way was closed for all Trans-Jakarta Buses destination to Terminal Kalideres and vice versa, covering a total of 17 bus stops, including 5 transit bus stops namely Pasar Baru, Juanda, Pecenongan, Harmoni, and Grogol. Grogol is the nearest location from Pesing.
"Trans-Jakarta operation is open fr0m 5 am to 10 pm, and we just received a call from the information center to close the busway to Kalideres Terminal around 10 am," he said.
Therefore, Badri said passengers to Kalideres Terminal who have already arrived at the bus stops are asked to go home as the time for the reopening of the busway operation had not been decided yet.
"About the refunding of their ticket, we don`t receive any confirmation yet," he said.
On the other hand, Sapariah (50), a cake and sweets seller in Pesing Market, one of the dozens passengers who still stand in line to Kalideres destination bus in Harmoni, said she was disappointed to the Trans-Jakarta service in suddenly closing the busway.
"So, how do we have to get there? I used to go to market for selling goods by Trans-Jakarta and now they treat me like this," she said.
Pesing area is one of the crowded locations in West Jakarta where traditional markets, train station, lines of public transportation, and large numbers of private cars stuck in one place. Meanwhile, the Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted heavy rain will continue to flush Jakarta until February.
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