KAI Adds Tickets For Lebaran 2023 Homecoming Trains, Can Be Purchased Starting Today

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JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI has prepared additional train tickets for the Eid 2023 Transport period. The train tickets can be purchased starting today.

Ticket bookings can be made through the KAI Access application, the kai.id website, contact center 121 and various official sales partners in collaboration with KAI. The counters at the station only serve go show ticket sales starting 3 hours before the train departure schedule.

KAI's VP of Public Relations Joni Martinus said the total KAI added 487,180 long-distance train seats or an average of 22,144 seats per day.

Furthermore, Joni said the additional trains were available for favorite connection trips such as Jakarta-Solo pp, Jakarta-Surabaya pp, Bandung-Semarang pp, Yogyakarta-Surabaya pp, and others.

"KAI adds several trips on various routes and classes to accommodate the high public interest in going home by train at the moment of Eid al-Fitr 2023," Joni said in an official statement to VOI, Monday, March 13.

Furthermore, Joni said the presence of this additional train shows KAI's readiness to provide transportation facilities for customers who want to travel during the Eid period.

"And is a form of commitment to serve the community as well as possible," said Joni.

The Following Is A List Of Additional Trains During Eid 2023 Period:

- Date 1, 2, 6-9, 13-30 April 2023: Additional Sancaka Train (Surabaya Gubeng-Yogyakarta pp).

- Date 1, 2, 7-9, 14-30 April 2023: KA Arjuno Ekspres (Surabaya Gubeng-Malang pp).

- Date 1-10, 12-30 April 2023: Additional Argo Sindoro Train (Semarang Tawang-Gambir pp).

- April 6-30, 2023: Additional Gajayana Trains (Malang-Gambir pp), Additional Sembrani Trains (Surabaya Pasarturi-Gambir pp), Additional Argo Sindoro Trains (Semarang Tawang-Gambir), Additional Argo Muria Trains (Gambir-Semarang Tawang).

- April 11-30, 2023: Additional Kertajaya Train (Surabaya Pasarturi-Pasar Senen), Additional Brantas Train (Blitar-Pasarsenen), Ciremai Train (Semarang Tawang-Bandung).

- April 12-30, 2023: Additional Argo Lawu Train (Solo Balapan-Gambir pp), Additional Argo Dwipangga Train (Solo Balapan-Gambir pp), Additional Taksaka Train (Yogyakarta-Gambir pp), Additional Kertajaya Train (Pasar Senen-Surabaya Pasarturi), Additional Brantas Train (Pasar Senen-Blitar), Ciremai Train (Bandung-Semarang Tawang), Malioboro Express (Malang-Yogyakarta pp), Additional Pasundan Train (Surabaya Gubeng-Kiaracondong pp), Sbi-Sgu-Gmr Additional Train (Surabaya Pasarturi-Surabaya Gubeng-Gambir pp).

Based on KAI records, on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 19.00 WIB, long-distance train tickets during the Eid 2023 Transport period that had been sold for train departures from 12 to 26 April 2023 were 514,127 tickets or 32.3 percent of the total tickets provided were 1,594,014 tickets.

"The number will still increase, because sales are still ongoing," said Joni.

For further information regarding Additional Trains and ticket sales during Eid Transport, the public can contact Customer Service at stations and KAI Contact Center by telephone in 121, WhatsApp [phone], email [email protected], or KAI121 social media.