There Is A Grand Campaign, KAI Commuter Anticipates The Surge In KRL Passengers In Ancol And Palmerah

KRL (photo: between)

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia or KAI Commuter anticipates a surge in Jabodetabek Commuter Line users at Ancol Station and Palmerah Station around the center of the grand campaign activity on Saturday.

"KAI Commuter anticipates that it can still serve commuter line users safely and smoothly today. If needed, KAI Commuter will also engineering the arrangement of KRL travel operations following the situation across," KAI Commuter Corporate Secretary Anne Purba quoted Antara as saying.

To be able to serve users safely and comfortably, continued Anne, KAI Commuter also added security personnel from the internal and elements of the TNI/POLRI at stations around the activity center such as Ancol Station and Palmerah Station.

"KAI Commuter has also alerted rescue cars and ambulances as well as medical personnel for service support," he said.

KAI Commuter will also implement a system to open and close the queues of users who will enter the station platform area if the situation is already crowded, especially at the Kampung Bandan transit station as a transit station to go to Ancol Station.

"KAI Commuter will also alert service officers to assist in services at these stations," said Anne.

In this Saturday's commuter line travel operational service, 1,037 trips were operated. KAI Commuter will also continue to monitor and anticipate by engineering the operating pattern situationally according to conditions across.

"From observations in the field, KAI Commuter recorded a significant increase in the number of users who fell at Ancol and Palmerah Stations this morning. As of 08.30 WIB, there were 3,170 people who disembarked at Ancol Station, an average of only 350 people in the morning," said Anne.

Meanwhile at Palmerah Station, KAI Commuter noted that up to the same time there were 7,299 people who had disembarked at the station. This figure also increased when compared to users who left at Palmerah Station in the morning on holidays, which was an average of 4,500 people.

KAI Commuter also appealed to all commuter line users to continue to prioritize safety and security and always follow directions and instructions from officers at the station.

"For users who bring children, make sure the children are always under surveillance during the trip. For users who wait in the platform area, always prioritize users who will exit and stand not to cross the safe line and block users who will exit the commuter line," said Anne.