The Number Of Back And Home Bus Passengers At The Pulogadung Terminal Continues To Soar

Homecomers from various regions arrive at Pulogadung Terminal/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Coordinator of the Operational and Partnership Implementation Unit (Korsatpel) for the Pulogebang Integrated Terminal, Hendra Kuniawan, stated that the peak number of return passengers arriving at the Pulogebang Integrated Terminal had reached 7,790 people accompanied by 456 buses since Sunday, May 8, evening.

The number, said Hendra, consisted of paid regular travelers and those who took part in the free homecoming program of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov).

"Actually, the data so far, the peak was yesterday (Sunday), but our prediction is from 7 to 9 May. This means that it can still go up," Hendra told reporters at the Pulogebang Integrated Terminal, Monday 9 May.

The number of passenger arrivals on Sunday 8 May, was more than the number of passenger arrivals on Saturday 7 May, which reached 3,649 people accompanied by 299 buses.

Hendra was also more specific in mentioning the origin of the city or district of travelers who made the return flow.

"Most of those who arrived were dominated from Central Java and East Java," he said.

He explained that, on average, passengers travel fast from the Pekalongan, Purwokerto and Wonosobo areas.

"Well, most of them come from there. There are also a lot of buses going there, which are here (Pulogebang Integrated Terminal)," he said.