This is the dramatic moment commuters were forced to cram into train carriages during rush hour in Jakarta.

Travellers heading to work and school squeezed aboard the KRL Commuter Line on August 9.

Footage captured by Hanivah shows passengers waiting on the platform as the train approached.

Moments later, the train doors slid open, and the crowd surged forward, boarding despite the carriages already being at full capacity.

Men and women were pressed shoulder-to-shoulder, standing mere inches apart in an almost suffocating space, with no choice but to endure the ride.

A 2024 statistics from Databoks Indonesia reported that the KRL Commuter Line serves more than 900,000 passengers on weekdays and around 730,000 on weekends.

Some carriages can accommodate only 95-100 passengers, forcing many to travel in jam-packed conditions, raising safety concerns.

Overcrowding has occasionally led passengers to hang out of train doors or, in extreme cases, ride atop the locomotives.

The Indonesian government has invested heavily in expanding mass transit infrastructure to address the chronic transportation challenges.

In September 2024, President Joko Widodo inaugurated the construction of a new MRT line, funded by nearly 1 billion USD in Japanese loans, aimed at easing traffic congestion and improving public transport across Jakarta.