KAI Cancels Tariff Hike for Economy Trains
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Kamis, 1 Januari 1970 07:00 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) has canceled its plan to raise ticket prices for medium and long distance subsidized trains. The company had planned to raise tariffs by January 1, 2018.
The new tariff scheme is stipulated in the Transportation Minister's Regulation No.42/2017 on economy trains tariff for public transportation as part of public service obligations (PSO).
KAI president director Edi Sukmoro said that although the tariff rules have not yet been implemented, the government will still implement said regulations in lieu of the Transportation Minister's Regulation No.35/2016 on the same matter.
"Actually, the new regulation (No.42/2017) is still applied," he said in Jakarta, Wednesday, October 4. "However, the tariffs that applied are those set in the old rule (No.35/2016)."
The government, he said, will bear the tariff difference between the new rule and the old one. Ticket purchases within the next 90 days will still use the old prices.
"We also have not determined when the tariff adjustment will be applied," he said.
KAI had planned to adjust tariffs for 20 routes on 1 January 2018. The price differences range between Rp1.000 and Rp16.000.
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