#568 - Damn Sunday

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Actually my original plan was to write the first part of my trip to Malang this week, but what happened today forced me to change plan and I gotta write about something that just happened to me today. Unluckily, it sucked!! :(

So, as you can read at my previous entry, I gotta go back to Bandung today. I got Morning Lodaya Express ticket since Argo Wilis tickets had been sold out (damn!!). Okay, Morning Lodaya was scheduled to depart at 9.27 AM this morning. At 9.35 AM it departed and left Yogyakarta.

At 10.40 AM it arrived at Kutoarjo Station. Then we were announced that the train couldn't continue the trip because one of the cart was BROKEN DOWN!! Arrrggggghhhhh!!! D*mn, sh*t!!! They said they needed about 1 hour to fix it (they gotta wait for another cart from Yogyakarta to replace the broken cart). At 11.50 AM (which had been 1 hour 10 minutes since the train stopped) they announced that the replacement cart was still in Sentolo (which was still 45 minutes from Kutoarjo). WTF!! :( Well, all electricity on the train was out and it was so hot inside. I decided to disembark the train and walked around, hahaha... . At 12.40 PM the replacement cart arrived. At 1 PM the train continued its journey.

Well, then it moved really really slow that Argo Wilis (which was supposed to be 3 hours behind) passed it!! Damn!! Plus, on the way, the air conditioner was out of service for many minutes. Grrr... . It finally arrived at Bandung at 9.15 PM, and it was 3.5 hours late!!! :( The worst experience on train ever!! :( I will think thousand of times next time when I want to buy Lodaya's ticket.

::: old locomotive (BB 300 06) was prepared to pull the broken cart

::: evacuating the broken cart

::: Morning Lodaya

::: Rails towards Yogyakarta

::: Morning Lodaya and Kutoarjo Station

::: attaching the replacement cart

::: an Rp 11,000.00 fried noodles

::: inside Morning Lodaya Executive 2

BAHASA INDONESIA

Sebenernya rencana awalku tuh adalah hari ini akan nulis bagian pertama tentang perjalananku ke Malang minggu ini, namun apa yang terjadi hari ini memaksaku untuk mengubah rencana dan aku mesti nulis sesuatu yang terjadi ke aku hari ini nih. Sayangnya, sesuatu itu menyebalkan!! :(

Jadi, seperti yang bisa dibaca di posting sebelumnya, aku mesti balik ke Bandung hari ini. Aku naik Kereta Lodaya Pagi soale tiketnya Argo Wilis udah habis (sial!!). Oke, Lodaya Pagi menurut jadwal harusnya berangkat jam 9.27 pagi tadi. Jam 9.35 pagi keretanya berangkat dan meninggalkan Yogyakarta.

Jam 10.40 pagi keretanya tiba di Stasiun Kutoarjo. Kemudian diumumkan bahwa kereta nggak bisa melanjutkan perjalanan soale salah satu gerbongnya RUSAK!! Arrrggggghhhhh!!! S*al*n, Anj*ng!!! Mereka bilang mereka butuh sekitar 1 jam untuk memperbaikinya (mereka harus menunggu kiriman gerbong lain dari Yogyakarta untuk menggantikan gerbong rusak itu). Jam 11.50 pagi (yang berarti sudah 1 jam 10 menit sejak kereta berhenti) mereka mengumumkan bahwa gerbong pengganti 'sudah' sampai Sentolo (yang masih 45 menit sebelum sampai di Kutoarjo). WTF!! :( Hmmm, listrik mati lho selama itu makanya di dalam kan panas banget. Makanya aku memutuskan untuk keluar aja dan jalan-jalan, hahaha... . Jam 12.40 gerbong penggantinya tiba. Jam 1 siang keretanya bisa jalan lagi.

Hmm, kemudian keretanya bergerak dengan sangat amat lelet sekali sampe Argo Wilis (yang seharusnya berada 3 jam di belakang) menyalip!! Buset dah!! Plus, di tengah jalan masa AC-nya mati selama banyak menit. Grrr... . Akhirnya keretanya tiba di Bandung jam 9.15 malam tuh, dan itu berarti telat selama 3,5 jam!! :( Pengalaman terburuk di kereta dah!! :( Kayanya lain kali harus berpikir ribuan kali sebelum membeli tiketnya Lodaya nih.