MADIUN-To meet the high demand during the long weekend holiday to coincide with Vesak Day on May 9-13, 2025, PT KAI Daop 7 Madiun increased passenger capacity on the Singasari and Bangunkarta trains for the preimum economic class.
Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Daop 7 Madiun Rokhmad Makin Zainul in Madiun, Saturday said Daop 7 had added a series of trains to the Singasari train relationship between Blitar Station and Bangunkarta Train, the relationship between Jombang Station and Pasarsenen, by adding one premium economy class train with a capacity of 80 seats (TD) in each of these trains.
"The addition of the series formation is to accommodate customer needs for mobilization during the long weekend holiday at the same time as Vesak Day," said Zainul in Madiun, East Java, quoted from ANTARA, Saturday, May 10.
According to him, the increase in capacity is an anticipatory step to ensure service remains excellent amid a surge in passengers.
He noted that there was a significant increase in the number of passengers during the long weekend holiday period to coincide with Vesak Day on May 9-13, 2025 compared to the usual weekend.
According to the data, there were 8,807 long-distance train passengers (KAJJ) on Friday (9/5/2025).
"Of this number, there was an increase of 46 percent compared to the number of passenger arrivals on Friday (2/5/2025)," said Zainul.
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As for departures from the Daop 7 Madiun regional station, it is predicted that there will be around 15,000 customers throughout the long weekend holiday until Tuesday (13/5/2025). This number can still increase until the train departure time.
"KAI Daop 7 Madiun always urges customers to pay attention to the departure schedule and arrange the travel time to the station, so they are not too tight or left behind by the train. This is because the traffic flow on the highway is quite congested on weekends, especially during long weekends," he said.
KAI Daop 7 Madiun is committed to continuing to improve service quality for customer satisfaction and comfort.
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