Tickets For Lebaran Homecoming Trains Have Been Recorded To Have Sold Almost 40 Percent

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JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI noted that long-distance train tickets during the Eid 2023 homecoming period had sold almost 40 percent per day.

The tickets sold were for train departures in the period 12 to 3 May 2023.

VP of Public Relations Joni Martinus said the tickets that had been sold were 1,137,854 tickets or 39.5 percent of the total tickets provided were 2,716,557 tickets.

"The number will still increase, because sales are still ongoing," he said in a statement, Monday, March 27.

Joni revealed that the period before Lebaran was dominated by passengers from the West (Jakarta or Bandung) towards the East (Central Java and East Java).

"For the period after Lebaran, passengers from the East (Central Java or East Java) are dominated towards the West (Jakarta or Bandung)," he said.

Meanwhile, based on the date of departure, the favorite trains were ordered, among them on April 20, 2023 as much as 67 percent; April 21, 2023 as much as 64 percent and April 25, 2023 as much as 61 percent.

"If the desired ticket runs out, the customer can select an alternative date or take advantage of the Connecting Train feature in the KAI Access application which will help provide travel options by combining a connecting train schedule," he said.

Adapun perjalanan KA yang masuk 10 besar dalam okupansi yang telah dipesan di antaranya:

1. Airlangga Train (Pasar Senen-Surabaya Pasarturi pp) 100 percent

2. KA Kahuripan (Kiaracondong-Blitar pp) 100 percent

3. KA Sri Tanjung (Lempuyangan-Ketapang pp) 100 percent

4. Additional Pasundan Train (Kiaracondong-Surabaya Gubeng pp) 100 percent

5. Bengawan train (Pasar Senen-Purwosari pp) 100 percent

6. KA Probowangi (Surabaya Gubeng-Ketapang pp) 88.23 percent

7. KA Rajabasa (Kertapati-Tanjungkarang pp) 84.31 percent

8. KA Serayu (Pasar Senen-Purwokerto pp) 72.86 percent

9. Bukit Serelo train (Kertapati-Lubuklinggau pp) 67.88 percent

10. Malabar Train (Bandung-Malang pp) 65.90 percent

"KAI hopes that the community can plan their journey well because the train tickets for the Eid Transport period are still quite widely available," he said.