D-7 Lebaran, There Are Already 24,600 Travelers Returning Home From Senen And Gambir Stations

JAKARTA - A total of 24,600 travelers departed from Senen Station and Gambir Station on the seven days before (D-7) the celebration of Eid al-Fitr 1443 Hijri.

"Overall, today we have started to see a fairly solid increase. For Pasar Senen itself, today around 18,000 service users departed, while from Gambir Station 6,600 service users departed," said Head of Public Relations of PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta Eva Chairunisa when met at Pasar Senen Station, Jakarta, Monday, April 25.

For today, based on data from Gambir Station, there are 33 trains (KA) operating, of which seven are additional trains.

The volume of departing passengers is 6,600 passengers or 40 percent of the total available seats of 15,800 seats.

Meanwhile, for Pasar Senen Station, there are 28 trains operating. Of this number, two of them are additional trains.

The volume of passengers departing from Pasar Senen Station is 18,000 passengers or the total available seats are 20,500 seats.

"In total, we have nine additional connections departing from Daop 1 Jakarta. Today at Pasar Senen there are 28 trains departing, two of which are additional trains. In Gambir there are 33 trains departing, seven of which are additional trains," Eva was quoted as saying. from Between.

The Lebaran transportation period for train travel is set from H-10 to D+10 Lebaran or April 22 to May 13, 2022 with a total number of 788,700 seats

During that period, from Daop 1 Jakarta area, long-distance train trips are programmed to have around 61 train trips per day, with an average seating capacity of 35,800 per day, 15,900 from Gambir Station and 19,900 from Pasar Senen. According to government regulations, the capacity set for long-distance trains is 100 percent.

As of April 25, 2022, departures from the Daop 1 area of Jakarta such as Gambir Station, Pasar Senen, Bekasi, Cikarang, Karawang, Cikampek, Jakarta Kota as many as 297,800 long-distance train tickets have been sold for pre-Eid departures for the period from April 22 to May 1.

The seat occupancy was 83 percent of the total tickets provided, namely 361,000 tickets during that period, 160,800 from Gambir Station and 200,100 from Pasar Senen.

The departure dates that were most chosen by the public were 27, 28, 29, 30 April and 1 May with the majority of the connections going to Yogyakarta, Solo Kutoarjo, Purwokerto, Kebumen, Semarang, Surabaya, Malang, Cirebon and Bandung.