Train Tickets For Lebaran Homecoming Already Sold 66 Percent

KAI (Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI noted that long-distance train tickets during the Eid Al-Fitr 2023 homecoming transportation period have been sold as much as 66 percent per day.

The tickets sold were for train departures in the period 12 to 3 May 2023.

VP of Public Relations Joni Martinus said tickets that had been sold for the Lebaran homecoming period were 2,018,764 tickets or 66 percent of the total tickets provided were 3,065,404.

Even so, Joni is optimistic that the number of ticket sales will approach Eid al-Fitr 2023.

The number will still increase, because sales are still ongoing. KAI hopes that people can plan their journey well because there are still quite a lot of train tickets for the Eid Transport period available," he said in a statement, Friday, April 14.

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 for long-distance trains that became favorites, 90 percent of them were ordered on April 24, 2023; April 25, 2023 as much as 88 percent; and April 19 & 20, 2023, 87 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.