Good News For The People Of Yogyakarta, Construction Of YIA Airport Train Station Facilities - Kulon Progo Has Been 41 Percent

Yogyakarta International Airport. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) continues to develop its various airports to improve services and connectivity between modes of transportation, including the construction of the Yogyakarta International Airport - Kulon Progo (YIA) train station, which until mid-July has progressed to 41 percent.

"Angkasa Pura I is committed to continuing to improve services at the various airports it manages, including through the provision of airport rail transportation facilities at Yogyakarta International Airport in Kulon Progo. With the presence of the YIA train service, which is targeted to be operational on August 17, it further completes the choice. Advanced transportation modes that are now available at YIA include shuttle buses, airport taxis, DAMRI buses, and others," said PT Angkasa Pura I (Persero) President Director Faik Fahmi in a written statement, quoted from Antara, Friday, July 30.

Faik Fahmi said that the YIA Airport Train would later connect Yogyakarta International Airport (YIA) in Kulon Progo with Yogyakarta Tugu Station. The presence of the YIA train can also make YIA an airport that accommodates connectivity needs not only in the Yogyakarta area, but also to the Central Java region including Cilacap, Purwokerto, Kebumen, and Banjarnegara.

He said, previously on July 19, a trial of the airport railway line from Kedundang Station to YIA had been carried out by the Class 1 Railway Engineering Center for the Central Java Region of the Directorate General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation.

The presence of the YIA train, continued Faik Fahmi, can cut the travel time from Yogyakarta to YIA, which previously took about 90 minutes by vehicle via the highway, to only about 36 minutes (from Yogyakarta Tugu Station). The YIA train is planned to serve 28 trips per day with a capacity of 200 passengers per trip or 5,600 passengers per day.

"With the presence of the YIA train, we are optimistic and ready to serve the potential for passenger growth later in the post-pandemic because land access to and from YIA is getting easier," he said.

To pursue the operating target on August 17, Angkasa Pura I carried out a work project for the YIA train station (construction of overcapping and station platforms) for 24 hours non-stop with a shift system. The implementation of this work, of course, applies health protocols to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.

YIA train station has an area of 1,500 square meters with a capacity of 200 people and is equipped with overcapping (a roof that serves as an umbrella when the train stops) along the 300 meters and 20 meters wide.