Tickets For Eid Homecoming Trains Sold 825,228 Seats, There's Still A Lot Of Stock!

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JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI noted that long-distance train tickets during the Eid 2023 homecoming period had sold as many as 825,228 per day.

The tickets sold were for train departures in the period 12 to 1 May 2023.

VP of Public Relations Joni Martinus said tickets that had been sold were 34 percent of the total tickets provided as many as 2,424,715 tickets.

"The number will still increase, because sales are still ongoing," he said in a statement, Friday, March 17.

Joni revealed that the period before Lebaran was dominated by passengers from the West (Jakarta or Bandung) towards the East (Central Java and East Java).

"For the period after Lebaran, passengers from the East (Central Java or East Java) are dominated towards the West (Jakarta or Bandung)," he said.

Meanwhile, based on the date of departure, the favorite trains were ordered, including April 20, 2023 as much as 59 percent; April 21, 2023 as much as 56 percent and April 19, 2023 as much as 50 percent.

"If the desired ticket runs out, the customer can select an alternative date or take advantage of the Connecting Train feature in the KAI Access application which will help provide travel options by combining a connecting train schedule," he said.

Adapun perjalanan KA yang masuk lima besar dalam okupansi yang telah dipesan di antaranya KA Airlangga sebanyak 100 persen; KA Kahuripan 100 persen; KA Bengawan 96,80 persen; KA Sri Tanjung 92,97 persen dan KA Pasundan Tambahan 84,10 persen.

"KAI hopes that the community can plan their journey well because the train tickets for the Eid Transport period are still quite widely available," he said.