PT KAI Provides 15,130 Seats For The 2022 Free Homecoming Program, Occupancy Fully Filled

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JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is said to have provided 15,130 long-distance train seats in the 2022 free homecoming program organized by the Ministry of SOEs and Jasa Raharja.

KAI President Director Didiek Hartantyo said this support was the company's contribution to providing comfortable homecoming services to the community.

"KAI supports the homecoming program by train, which is a collaboration between SOEs to serve people who want to return to their hometowns with a comfortable journey," he said in an official statement quoted on Saturday, April 30.

According to Didiek, his party provides as many as 470 seats for the Tawang Jaya train in addition to the Pasar Senen - Semarang Poncol connection for the departure of 27 April 2022.

"The community's response is very good, it can be seen from the occupancy that has been filled 100 percent," he said.

Meanwhile, in total, KAI operates 24 train trips with a departure period of 27 April to 1 May 2022.

In detail, there are train journeys from Pasar Senen Station to various cities such as Semarang, Surabaya, Malang, Solo, Yogyakarta, Jombang, and Blitar.

Then, the trains provided for this homecoming activity include Tawang Jaya (Pasar Senen - Semarang Poncol), Kertajaya (Pasar Senen - Surabaya Pasarturi), Jayabaya (Pasar Senen - Malang), and Fajar Utama Solo (Pasar Senen - Solo Balapan). ).

For information, the free homecoming participants also continue to comply with the requirements for taking the train like customers in general, according to the SE of the Ministry of Transportation Number 39 and 49 of 2022.

"KAI expresses its gratitude to various parties who have entrusted the homecoming program using the train. KAI fully supports this joint homecoming activity to improve the safety of travelers and reduce congestion on the highway," he asserted.

Meanwhile, KAI has set the Eid transportation period, namely D-10 to H+10 Lebaran or April 22 to May 13, 2022.

On the departure of April 28 or D-4 Lebaran, KAI dispatched 113,839 customers with occupancy reaching 95% percent.

In total, until D-4, KAI has served 577,149 customers or an average of 82,450 customers per day with an occupancy of 71 percent with favorite routes from Jakarta to Bandung, Semarang, Surabaya, Yogyakarta, and others.