JAKARTA - Approaching the 2026 Eid al-Fitr holiday, the volume of passengers returning home by long-distance train at Pasar Senen Station and Gambir Station has begun to experience an increase.
PT Kereta Api Indonesia Daerah Operasi (KAI DAOP) 1 Jakarta recorded an increase in trends from March 11 to April 1, 2026.
KAI Daop 1 Jakarta Public Relations Manager, Franoto Wibowo, stated that on March 11, 2026, a total of 29,824 customers departed from the Daop 1 Jakarta area, with the number of arrivals reaching 16,514 customers.
The number increased on March 12 with a departure volume of 40,178 customers and an arrival of 22,092 customers.
"The increase occurred again on March 13 with the number of departures reaching 46,834 customers and arrivals of 23,549 customers," he said when confirmed, Sunday, March 15, 2026.
Meanwhile, on March 14, 2026 until noon, the provisional data showed that the number of departures reached 49,895 customers with 30,841 arrivals.
"Cumulatively during the period from March 11 to 14, 2026, the volume of customers departing from the Daop 1 Jakarta area reached 166,821 customers, while the number of arriving customers reached 88,325 customers," he said.
On March 14, the most departing customers were recorded from Pasar Senen Station with 18,171 customers, followed by Gambir Station with 17,176 customers.
Meanwhile, Bekasi Station has 6,317 customers. In addition, departures were also recorded from Cikarang Station with 3,733 customers, Jatinegara 2,512 customers, Cikampek 1,160 customers, and Karawang 916 customers.
Regarding the arrival of passengers on the same day, it was dominated by Pasar Senen Station with 10,168 customers, Gambir Station 7,711 customers, Bekasi 5,954 customers, Jatinegara 4,228 customers, Cikarang 1,198 customers, Cikampek 887 customers, and Karawang 695 customers.
"Overall during the 2026 Lebaran Transportation period, KAI Daop 1 Jakarta provides a capacity of 1,076,196 seats for long-distance train travel," he said.
Until now, 698,021 tickets have been sold or booked by the public, with a remaining seat of around 377,902 seats or a temporary occupancy rate of around 65 percent.
Franoto added that the period with the highest sales rate was from March 11 to 20, 2026, with a total sales of 451,219 tickets.
"Some of the dates with the highest sales include March 15 with 51,044 tickets, March 18 with 49,663 tickets, March 19 with 49,023 tickets, March 16 with 48,669 tickets, and March 17 with 47,275 tickets," he said.
"In the period from March 15 to 20, the average seat availability is less than 1,000 seats per day, so these dates are close to fully booked conditions," he added.
Based on the service class, the capacity of the executive class provided is 510,527 seats with a remaining availability of 225,104 seats.
For the commercial economy class, there are 446,965 seats available with 124,056 seats remaining, while the subsidized economy class (PSO) has a capacity of 118,704 seats with 28,742 seats remaining.
However, KAI ensures that the public still has many travel options. For departures in the period from March 21 to April 1, 2026, there are still approximately 359,025 seats that can be booked by the public.
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