Eid Backflow, 3,524 Tickets Still Available East Java-Jakarta Until May 2

The density of passengers riding the Pandanwangi train at Jember Station during the 2023 Eid backflow, Friday (28/4/2023) (ANTARA)

JEMBER- A total of 3,524 train tickets remain for Lebaran backflow transport on a number of work area stations of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Operational Region 9 Jember, East Java until 2 May 2023. "The availability of seating for train departures from Daop 9 Jember on backflow until May 2, 2023 there were still 3,254 seats with details of 345 seats on Monday, May 1 and the remaining 2,909 seats on Tuesday 2 May," said Acting Legal and Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Daop 9 Azhar Zaki Assjari quoted by ANTARA, Friday, April 28. According to him, the backflow peak of train passengers on Daop 9 Jember has occurred on Tuesday, April 25 with a total of 10,813 passengers transported. "Even so, passengers using train transport while backflow is still quite crowded at the station, for four days the average backflow is still above 10 thousand passengers," he said. He said. He said public interest for using trains is still quite high as a mode of transportation for Eid 2023 transportation because based on KAI data on Friday morning is the fifth day of backflow and 9,231 tickets are sold for train departures in the Daop 9 Jember area. "Based on the trend of daily passengers during the return flow, it is likely that the passenger crowds will still occur until May 2, 2023, which is the end of the 2023 Eid al-Fitr Transport post," he said. Azhar explained that the new school children began to enter on May 2, 2023 and coupled with the appeal from the government to postpone or do work from home (WFH) for ASN to break the accumulation of passengers during Eid al-Fitr holidays on certain dates.

"For passengers who are going to take the train, they are advised to take the time to arrive early to the station, in order to avoid the possibility of being left behind from the train they will ride," he said., so that it is comfortable and memorable to reach the destination.