Pulogebang Bus Terminal Is Still Quiet For Prospective Homecomers

Pulogebang Bus Terminal Is Still Quiet For Prospective Homecomers/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The inter-city inter-provincial bus terminal (AKAP) of Pulogebang still looks deserted from the arrival of prospective travelers. Even though at this time, it has entered the second week of Ramadan but there are no signs of a surge in passengers.

Homecomers are predicted to steal their homecoming time early in order to avoid traffic congestion at the end of March. However, since early March until now, Pulogebang Terminal has not seen the number of passengers going home.

The Operational Korsatpel and the Pulogebang Integrated Terminal Partnership, Hendra Kurniawan, said the flow of departures outside the city from the Pulogebang Terminal was still normal.

"There has been no spike so far at the Pulogebang Integrated Terminal," he said when confirmed, Wednesday, March 20.

Hendra said that since last Tuesday there have been around 226 people. Meanwhile, the total number of passengers who went home on Monday, a total of only 690 people were recorded.

"The number of passengers departing is still far from passenger data during the Eid homecoming the previous year," he said.

Meanwhile, Hendra added, there were no signs of a group of travelers departing early to spend fasting in their hometowns.

"Yes, there has been no significant increase in travelers today," he said.