Fast Trains Called Not Selling Too Much, Staff Erick Thohir Opens His Voice

Staff of the Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

How Come It's Not Selling Too Much, Staff Erick Thohir Opens His Voice

TANGERANG - Viral on social media X, the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed train service orASH is said to be empty of passengers. In fact, there are also those who say that this mode of transportation does not sell very well, aka not in public interest.

The information was conveyed by an account named @reinharthrm. In his upload, he includes a photo upload depicting the situation of theANGEshcar which looks very quiet. In fact, there are also those who say that theASH service is considered not very selling well.

"Whoosh is in a quiet condition like this. The position of the train is already running, not waiting for passengers," the account was quoted as saying, Tuesday, January 30.

Responding to this, the Special Staff of the Minister of SOEs, Arya Sinulingga, said that the number of passengers on the mass transportation mode of MAYH was indeed volatile. This means that sometimes there is an increase or decrease at certain times.

"We'll just have to wait, maybe now it's down. Don't just say how many days directly we are said to be quiet," said Arya, at Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Tuesday, January 30.

"It could be that the time is not (crowd) anymore, how many passengers a month. There will be a report from KCIC later," he continued.

According to Arya, this condition is not only experienced by rail transportation modes but also airlines. He said, at certain times the occupancy rate of passenger seats or occupancy is not always full.

"Don't because someone took the train at that hour, we said it was quiet, we couldn't. Try taking the plane during the days or hours it's quiet," said Arya.

Based on data from PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC), as of January 27, 2024, as many as 1.4 million people have usedASH to carry out Jakarta-Bandung mobility and vice versa.

Currently, the average occupancy ranges from around 60 to 80 percent. The highest daily passenger volume achievement at 21,000 passengers occurred in November 2023 and the Nataru December 2023-January 2024 transportation period.