KAI Prepares 86 Additional Trains For Nataru 2024 Transportation

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI has prepared additional trains to anticipate a surge in passengers during the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year (Nataru) transportation periods of 86 series or trainsets.

Meanwhile, KAI itself has set the 2023 Christmas and New Year's transportation for 2024 starting from December 21, 2023 to January 7, 2024 or for 18 days.

Based on the material presented, KAI President Director Didiek Hartantyo said, for Nataru 2024 KAI transportation, there will be 576 train trips (KA) per day with 490 regular trains and 86 additional trains.

However, the data submitted by Didiek is different.

"For now, there is an increase in 84 trains every day," he said in a meeting with Commission VI of the DPR, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, December 4.

Meanwhile, the available seating capacity is 339,663 seats per day.

Then, the number of seats available during the Nataru period was 2,743,786 regular trains, 544,904 additional trains, 2,825,244 local trains.

"The total seats provided by KAI Group during Nataru are 6,113,934 seats," he explained.

Didiek said the facilities operated during Nataru had increased with a total of 2,311 units.

The details are 474 locomotives, 1,738 trains, and 99 KRD units.

Furthermore, Didiek said, to face Nataru 2024, KAI had made various preparations. For example, doing a ramp check.

"We have carried out ramp checks, both all routes on the islands of Java and Sumatra," he said.