Surabaya, Malang, And Yogyakarta Become The Favorite Cities For Train Users In Nataru

KAI (Intermediate) Train

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI noted that three favorite cities are the destinations of the community to vacation during the 2025 Christmas and 2026 New Year (Nataru) holidays. The three cities are Surabaya, Malang, and Yogyakarta.

KAI Vice President of Corporate Communication Anne Purba said the increase was in line with the increasing family tourism mobility towards culinary, heritage, and recreational destinations in each of these cities.

Surabaya, Malang, and Yogyakarta always offer a variety of attractions. Starting from historical, natural, to culinary tourism, so that it becomes a strong magnet for customers during the year-end holiday season," said Anne in an official statement, Tuesday, December 9.

As of December 8, 2025 at 08.00 WIB, ticket sales for the travel period from 18 December 2025 to 4 January 2026 had reached 1,083,714 tickets, equivalent to 34.87 percent of the total 3,107,503 seats provided during the Nataru 2025/2026 period.

"KAI projects this figure will continue to increase near the peak of the holiday flow," said Anne.

For the PSO train category (Public Service Obligation), five trips with the highest bookings are:

1. KA 271 Airlangga relates Surabaya Pasar Turi Pasarsenen: 24,078 customers

2. KA 272 Airlangga Pasarsenen relation Surabaya Pasar Turi: 24,049 customers

3. KA 277 Sri Tanjung Ketapang - Lempuyangan relation: 20,043 customers

4. KA 272 Sri Tanjung relates Lempuyangan Ketapang: 19,518 customers

5. KA 281 Bengawan connection Purwosari Pasarsenen: 19,485 customers

Meanwhile, for commercial trains, the highest orders are dominated by relations to Malang, Semarang, and Yogyakarta, including:

1. KA 245 Majapahit relation Malang Pasarsenen: 10,633 customers

2. KA 246 Majapahit Pasarsenen relation Malang: 10,558 customers

3. KA 257 Progo Lempuyangan Pasarsenen relation: 9,530 customers

4. KA 187 Jogolsemarkerto Solo Balapan Semarang Tawang: 9,406 customers

5. KA 91 Jayabaya relation Malang Pasarsenen: 9,127 customers

In addition to regular tickets, continued Anne, the Train Tariff Discount program for Commercial Class Economic Trains for the period 22 December 2025 to 10 January 2026 also received a positive response.

"As of December 8, 2025 at 08.00 WIB, from 1,509,080 discount tickets provided, 436,697 tickets have been sold or 29 percent," he said.

Anne emphasized that KAI will continue to ensure service readiness to deal with the high mobility of the community, including focusing on safety, timeliness, and increasing travel comfort.

"We want to ensure that Christmas and New Year's travel is a warm gathering momentum for Indonesian families. Tickets are still available, and we invite the public to immediately place an order at Access by KAI to get a schedule according to preferences," concluded Anne.