Transjakarta Adds Bus Operations During Christmas and New Year in Crowded Locations

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JAKARTA - PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) will increase the number of buses that will operate during the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year celebrations. This addition will be made especially at crowded points.

Director of Operations and Safety of PT Transjakarta, Yoga Adiwinarto revealed, during the Christmas and New Year holidays, additional Transjakarta bus fleets were carried out at tourist locations.

"The operational plans are in Ragunan, TMII, and Ancol. Historically, there have been quite a lot of them. So that's where we will add to our fleet", said Yoga to reporters, Wednesday, December 21.

Then, there will be the opening of bus routes, for example from Ciledug, from Puri Beta to Ragunan. Then, the route from Ancol to Harmoni. This is done to speed up visitors to be the ability to use public transportation.

On Christmas Day, Transjakarta increases its fleet during mass processions or services near churches, including the Jakarta Cathedral.

"So later if they break up Mass, our bus will already be available to transport it to the nearest bus stops. Also from these bus stops we will add buses so that customers don't have to wait long", said Yoga.

Meanwhile, on New Year's Eve, additional Transjakarta buses operating at night will also be added. The addition was specifically made at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), which was used as a provincial-level New Year's Eve celebration.

In addition, Transjakarta has also added dozens of corridor 1 bus fleets to accommodate customers who use buses along Sudirman to MH Thamrin area during New Year's Eve.

"There will be an additional approximately 60 buses in corridor 1 (Blok M-Kota) to supply customers from these crowded places to their respective places. More or less at night, there are usually between 70 and 80 buses. So there will be 140 of them." at night. We don't want people to get off and wait a long time at the bus stop", explained Yoga.

The addition of a large number of buses at night is done to facilitate the community's mobility because there will be a car-free night implementation along Sudirman-Thamrin Street.

"So that at the time of disbanding the event from along Sudirman-Thamrin, we will add buses. Because, right, from 8 pm it will be closed. We and the Transportation Agency are also coordinating whether it will allow our buses to pass", he added.