KAI Commuter Evaluation Of The Postponement Of The First Day Of Gapeka 2023

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KAI Commuter) evaluated the delay in commuter line travel on the first day of the 2023 Railway Travel Graphics (Gapeka).

The KAI Commuter operates 1,133 trips with 98 tradesets on the Jabodetabek Commuter Line in Gapeka 2023 starting Thursday, June 1.

"From observations in the field, in the adjustment of the trip according to Gapeka 2023, until 12.00 WIB, the total delay in commuterline travel was recorded with an average of 6 minutes and the average delay in arrival time was 7.6 minutes," said VP Corporate Secretary of KAI Commuter Anne Purba as reported by ANTARA.

Gapeka is a guideline for regulating the implementation of train travel in the form of lines that show stations, time, distance, and train travel positions ranging from departure, stop, arrival, crossover, and consultation which are depicted through a graph to control train travel.

According to Anne, the highest slowdown on Commuter Line Bogor's journey has averaged a 9-minute delay in travel and an average delay in arrivals of 11.5 minutes.

"In addition, the average delay in the Cikarang Commuter Line journey is also recorded for 7.9 minutes and the average delay in travel arrivals is 9.1 minutes. Meanwhile, the average delay in Commuter Line Rangkasbitung's journey is 1.8 minutes and the average delay in travel arrivals is 3.4 minutes," he said.

To anticipate the slowness of the trip, KAI Commuter engineered a pattern of commuterline travel operations by cutting the relationship during rush hour in the morning, namely Commuter Line travel Number 1117 Bogor-Jakarta City relations, the trip is only up to Manggarai Station to return as Commuter Line Number 1118 Manggarai-Bogor relations and Commuter Line trips Number 1163 Bogor-Jakarta City relations the trip is only up to Manggarai Station to return as Commuter Line Number 1164 Manggarai-Bogor relations.

"KAI Commuter apologizes for the slowdown in commuterline travel on the first day of the implementation of Gapeka 2023. KAI Commuter will also continue to evaluate the operation of commuterline trips so that services return to normal," said Anne.

KAI Commuter recorded the number of train users traveling on the first day of the 2023 Gapeka implementation until 14.00 WIB as many as 266,819 people.

Bogor Station recorded 14,011 people who rose and 27,285 people who disembarked. Meanwhile, Tanah Abang Station and Jakarta City Station as destination stations were recorded as 26,469 users and 12,540 people.

Specifically at the Manggarai Transit Station, there were 4,679 people who rose and 3,995 people who fell. Meanwhile, the volume of users who transited at Manggarai Station was 65,338 people.

"To break the density of users at Manggarai Station, KAI Commuter has also operated additional service facilities in the form of manual stairs at Platform 6/7 and 8/9 Manggarai Stations that can be used to change platforms," said Anne.

KAI Commuter continues to socialize the adjustment of commuterline travel in order to make it easier for users to travel. KAI Commuter also expects users to follow the directions of officers, especially at stations during transit.