KAI Daop 1 Records The Highest Passenger Volume During School Holidays Occurred On July 5

Passenger departure for the school holiday period at Gambir Station (doc. Antara).

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Operational Area (Daop) 1 Jakarta noted that the highest passenger departure volume during the school holiday from June 28 to July 15, 2024 occurred Friday, July 5, 2024, which was 36,035 passengers.

"The largest volume of passengers occurred on Friday, July 5, 2024, more than 36 thousand passengers departing from Jakarta," said KAI Daop 1 Jakarta Public Relations Manager, Ixfan Hendriwintoko, on Saturday, July 6, 2024, as reported by Antara.

He said that there are a number of customer favorite routes, including Jakarta-Surabaya, Jakarta-Solo, Jakarta-Malang, and Jakarta-Yogyakarta.

As of Saturday, July 6, 2024, more than 425 thousand train tickets have been booked during the school holiday period.

Regarding today's departure, Ixfan said that there were 32,500 passengers departing from the Daop 1 Jakarta area.

He conveyed that 14,500 passengers boarded from Pasar Senen Station Jakarta with 31 train trips, 10,500 passengers departing from Gambir Station with 34 train trips, and 7,500 passengers boarding from Bekasi, Jatinegara, Cikarang, Cikampek, Karawang, and Jakarta Kota.

Meanwhile, in terms of the total number of passengers from June 28 to July 6, 2024, it was recorded that passengers boarded from various stations in the Daop 1 Jakarta area, reaching 302 thousand passengers with an average long-distance train operation of 62 trips.

To anticipate the surge in passengers during the school holidays, KAI Daop 1 Jakarta also operated eight additional trains during July 2024.

"The increase in the number of train trips is part of KAI's commitment, especially Daop 1 Jakarta, to improve services to customers, especially during high seasons such as the current school holiday period," said Ixfan.