TheMerak Commuter Line or simplyMerak Line, formerlyMerak Local Train (Indonesian:Kereta Api Lokal Merak),[1] is a localcommuter rail service operated byKAI Commuter that runs fromMerak Station toRangkasbitung Station inBanten,Indonesia. The service, which was reactivated on 1 April 2017, has a total travel time up to 2 hours and is a primary means of transportation forMerak residents to travel toRangkasbitung. It is colloquially called theDark Green Line due to its dark green () coloured route on the Commuterline travel map.
Initially, train service for theAngke–Merak route operated under the nameBanten Ekspres (Patas Merak).[2][3] Since the enactment of the 2017 train travel chart (Gapeka) and the Rangkasbitung Line was established,Banten Ekspres was removed so that the Merak–Rangkasbitung line is only served by Merak Line.[4]
On 1 June 2023, the Ministry of Transportation, via the 2023 Train Travel Chart (Gapeka), renamed the route from Merak Local Train to the Merak Commuter Line.[1]
On 24 December 2020 at 13:30, train numbered 490 bound forMerak Station collided with an open-loaded pickup truck at an ungatedlevel crossing in the Jambu Baru–Catang section of the line.[7] This incident resulted in the truck driver's death.[8]
On Sunday, 14 February 2021 at 07:30, another train bound forRangkasbitung, which had just departed from Merak Station, hit a Pulomerak resident in the Bumi Waras neighborhood of Merak. The victim was dragged as far as 10 meters and suffered serious head and leg injuries and died on the scene.[9]
On 18 March 2021, a same train bound for Merak collided with a car at the Kadipaten gate level crossing inCilegon at around 11:00. There were no casualties in the incident; however, two passengers and the driver were taken to the Krakatau Medika Hospital for treatment.[10]
On 26 July 2022 at around 11:00, a same train bound for Rangkasbitungcollided with an "odong-odong" on an ungated level crossing in Silebu, Kragilan, Serang. The vehicle was carrying 34 passengers, 9 of whom died on the crash site while the driver and 24 others were injured.[11][12]
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