2022 Return Flow At Pasar Senen And Gambir Stations Estimated 6 - 9 May

Photo via PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) predicts that the peak of the 2022 Eid return flow at Pasar Senen and Gambir Stations, Central Jakarta will occur on May 6 (H+3)-9 May.

"(The peak of the backflow is predicted) May 6-9 2022," said Head of Public Relations of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Daop1 Jakarta Eva Chairunisa as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, May 4.

This date is the same as the prediction from the Ministry of Transportation some time ago which also stated that the peak of the backflow would occur on May 6, 2022.

Prospective train passengers departing Jakarta via Pasar Senen and Gambir Stations during the Lebaran return period remain.

One of them, Annisa, who plans to go home on Wednesday to Tegal for departure at around 11.20 am from Pasar Senen Station.

She along with her husband and two children chose to go home after Lebaran because her husband just got a day off from work after Lebaran. So far, he has chosen the train mode because it is more comfortable and faster than buses or private vehicles.

"My husband has just taken a vacation now. It's been two years since he's gone home. Thank God he can now go home, see his parents-in-law," she said when met at Pasar Senen Station.

Besides Annisa, there is also Sumini from Malang who is going home with her family after Lebaran for departure this Wednesday at 10.20 WIB.

Based on data on Tuesday (3/5), the number of seats booked is around 40-75 percent for departures from May 4 to May 7 and this is predicted to continue to increase.

"For the time being, tickets on that date (4 May-7 May 2022) are still quite available even though the number of orders continues to increase," said Eva.

The relationships that are chosen by many prospective users of this train are Yogyakarta, Solo, Kutoarjo, Purwokerto, Kebumen, Tegal, Semarang, Surabaya, Malang, Cirebon and Bandung.

Eva said that on Tuesday (3/5), there were 35 trains operating at Gambir Station and 8 of them were additional trains. The volume of passengers departing at the station was 14,800 or 87 percent of the total available seats, namely 17,200 seats.

Meanwhile, at Pasar Senen Station, there are 28 operating trains and 2 of them are additional trains. The volume of departing passengers was 18,600 or 91 percent of the total available seats, namely 20,500 seats.

"The data is only the number of passengers departing from Gambir Station and Pasar Senen if added with passengers who also boarded from Bekasi, Karawang, Cikarang, Cikampek, and Jakarta Kota, then the overall volume of passengers on trains departing from Daop 1 Jakarta has met the availability of places. sit 100 percent," he said.

The Lebaran transportation period for train travel (KA) is set to H-10 to D+10 Lebaran or 22 April-13 May 2022.

During that period, from Daop 1 Jakarta area, there were around 62 long-distance train trips per day with an average seating capacity of 36,400 per day, namely 16,400 at Gambir Station and 20,000 Lasar Senen Station.

According to government regulations, the capacity set for long-distance trains is 100 percent.