Preparing 460 Buses, DAMRI Starts Opening Sales Of Eid Homecoming Tickets

JAKARTA - DAMRI has started selling Lebaran homecoming tickets and has made various preparations for this year's Lebaran homecoming transportation service.

"We will deploy 460 buses during the Lebaran homecoming season," said Acting Corporate Secretary DAMRI Siti Inda Suri, in a statement quoted by Antara, Monday, April 4.

Currently, DAMRI has officially opened the sale of Lebaran homecoming tickets. Purchases can be made online.

As for areas in East Indonesia and North Kalimantan, ticket reservations can be made through the departure counter. This is because online orders are still having problems with the signal.

DAMRI is ready to deploy 460 buses that have gone through a series of ramp check processes allocated for Lebaran homecoming.

The number of trips that will be carried out by DAMRI on D-10 Eid to D+10 is 8.715 trips, with a predicted customer of around 200.000 people outside of regular customers.

"The largest homecoming flow is on the island of Java, while most departures come from DKI Jakarta. Then the areas that have the potential to experience a surge in homecoming departures are Yogyakarta and Bandung," she said.

Meanwhile, other preparations made by DAMRI were carrying out a fleet ramp check activity carried out in a number of DAMRI pools.

According to Siti Inda, DAMRI is ready to organize Eid-ul-Fitr transportation services based on the COVID-19 Task Force Circular No. 11 of 2022 and the Circular Letter of the Ministry of Transportation No. 23 of 2022.

For the latest DAMRI travel requirements for Lebaran homecoming, it will be readjusted with the latest government regulations.