Lonjakan Pedestrian Passengers Projected To Occur On April 3-5

JAKARTA - The surge in the number of high-speed train passengers during the Eid al-Fitr 1446 Hijri holiday is projected to occur on April 3-5, 2025.

"Our prediction for this year's Eid holiday is that the rapid increase in the number of passengers may actually occur after Lebaran, between April 3 and April 5," said General Manager Corporate Secretary of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) Eva Chairunisa quoting Antara.

He said that the travel pattern ofplay users has been similar to that of KRL Commuter Line users, namely traveling back and forth in one day, to travel to Bandung, West Java, so it is estimated that the new passenger surge will occur after the Eid celebration.

His party also projects that there will be a 30 percent increase in passenger volume during this Eid holiday.

"So, usually the average per day is around 16-18 thousand passengers, yes on weekdays, for holidays the average per day is around 18-21 thousand, now at this holiday moment we predict that the average per day can reach 24 thousand," said Eva.

To anticipate the surge in the number of passengers, his party has provided 808,946 seats for a total of 1,346 taxi trips during the Eid 2025 transportation period from March 21 to April 11.

He stated that every day there are 62 high-speed train trips that can carry a total of 37,262 passengers, except on Sundays, which only has 56 trips allocated for 33,656 passengers.

"Because it was Sunday morning until 07.00 am, routine infrastructure maintenance was held, and on Sundays the first train was usually not too high, so we don't think this is disturbing the overall service," said Eva.

As an effort to increase comfort for passengers during the trip with Whoosh during the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday, his party will deploy 530 security officers and 688 service officers, including Passenger Service Mobile.

He said that the presence of Passenger Service Mobile officers was important because often holiday moments were used by the public to try out business services for the first time.

This 'Passenger Service Mobile' is also one of our focuses on providing services at this holiday moment to remind passengers of the departure schedule, including luggage, because usually during holidays the number of passengers' belongings that are left behind increases compared to normal days, "added Eva.