Operating For A Week, Papandayan And Pangandaran Trains Successfully Transport 3,320 Passengers

KAI (Photo: Doc Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Daop 1 Jakarta as many as 3,320 passengers have been dispatched by KA Papandayan, Gambir-Garut PP and Pangandaran, Gambir-Banjar PP relations. This number is an accumulation during a week of operation.

For your information, the Boarding Dayan Train for Gambir-Garut PP and the Pangandaran train for the Gambir-Banjar PP connection began operating on January 24, 2024.

"During the week after its launch on January 24, 2024 yesterday, as of February 1, the Boarding Dayan train departing from Gambir and Bekasi Stations has dispatched 1,376 passengers while for Pangandaran 1,944 passengers," said KAI daop 1 Jakarta Public Relations Manager Ixfan Hendriwintoko, in an official statement, Friday, February 2.

Ixfan believes that this number will continue to grow over time. He said the presence of this new train was an option for users of the train transportation mode who would travel to Bandung, Garut, Tasikmalaya to Banjar.

"PT KAI continues to be committed to providing the best service for people who use the train mode of transportation," said Ixfan.

Furthermore, Ixfan said the two trains consisted of two classes, namely executive class and economic class, with a tariff for the executive class of KA Papangdayan of IDR 315,000 while for the economic class of IDR 195,000.

"On the Pangandaran train, for the executive class it is IDR 375,000, while in the economic class it is IDR 225,000," he said.

Not only executive and economic classes, Papandayan Train and Pangandaran Train also brought Panoramic classes. Panoramic Class itself for Papandayan Train and Pangandaran Train with departure rates from Gambir Station is IDR 550,000.

The following are the details of the Papandayan and Pangandaran trains and the schedule:

The Boarding School (7048) Departure from Gambir at 06.30 WIB arrived at Garut 11.20 WIB. Meanwhile, the Boarding School (7047) Departure from Garut at 12.30 WIB arrived at Gambir 17.45 WIB.

Meanwhile, the Pangandaran (7028A) Keberangkatan from Gambir at 09.30 WIB arrived at Banjar 16.25 WIB. Then, the Pangandaran (7027A) Departure train from Banjar at 16.55 WIB arrived at Gambir 00.49 WIB.