Jakarta, July 30 -- President Prabowo Subianto emphasized that rail transport serves as a vital instrument for economic democracy by offering broad benefits to the public, particularly low-income communities.

Speaking at the inauguration of the revitalized Semarang Tawang Station on Thursday, President Prabowo highlighted the strategic role of rail transport as an efficient, economical logistics and mobility system within the nation's modernization effort.

"Trains benefit the people, especially low-income people. Trains are an economic instrument for the people-a true instrument of economic democratization," Prabowo said, according to a statement released by the Presidential Secretariat.

The President insisted that national railway ope...