KAI Records 803,626 Tickets Sold For The 2024 Christmas Holidays And The 2025 New Year

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) recorded that 803,626 medium and long-distance train tickets had been sold for departure during the 2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year holidays.

"Based on data today, Saturday, December 7, 2024, the number of medium and long-distance train tickets as well as local trains that have been sold for the 2024/2025 Christmas and New Year holidays is 803,626 tickets, out of the total seating capacity provided by KAI of 3,572,588," said KAI VP Public Relations Anne Purba quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, December 8.

The tickets that have been sold consist of 792,296 medium and long-distance train tickets or 28.59 percent of the total number of seats available as many as 2,770,864 tickets. Meanwhile, sales of new local train tickets recorded 11,330 tickets or 1.41 percent of the total number of seats provided were 801,724 tickets.

Anne said that medium and long-distance train ticket bookings can be done by H-45, while new local train ticket bookings can be ordered D-30 before departure. In addition, there are several trains whose tickets can only be ordered D-7 before departure.

He said that from 19 December 2024 to 5 January 2025, KAI Group provided 44,754,280 seats consisting of 3,572,588 KAI passengers' seats, 35,407,300 KAI Commuter passengers' seats, and 4,142,520 Jabodebek LRT passengers' seats.

Furthermore, 588,304 seats for South Sumatra LRT passengers, 7,416 KAI tourist seats, 487,728 KAI airport passengers seats, 29,160 train passengers in Makassar-Parepare, and 519,264 KCIC passenger seats.

Anne added that the number of KAI Group trips was 40,782 trains, with details of 7,328 train trips managed by KAI, 23,204 train trips managed by KAI Commuter, 1,872 train trips managed by KAI Airport, 5,598 trips managed by the Jabodebek LRT, 1,772 South Sumatra LRT trips, 36 travel managed by KAI tours, 108 Makassar-Parepare train trips, and 864 suffers managed by KCIC.

"The number of ticket sales will continue to change dynamically and increase because sales are still ongoing. KAI hopes that people can immediately book tickets and plan a vacation carefully because the train tickets for the Christmas and New Year are still quite widely available," added Anne.

He said the train travel relationship that became favorites in ticket bookings to date includes the connection between Pasar Senen Station's Surabaya Pasar Turi Station as many as 36,760 passengers, the Surabaya Pasar Turi Station's relation' Pasar Senen Station 33,951 passengers, Pasar Senen Station Relations 25,996 passengers, Purwokerto Station Relations Pasar Senen Station 24,903 passengers, and Purwosari Station Relations' Pasar Senen Station 24.582 passengers.

Next, the connection between Pasar Senen Station and the Purwokerto Station is 23,428 passengers, the Pasar Senen relation at Malang Station is 22,550 passengers, the Malang Station's relation is Pasar Senen Station with 22,331 passengers, the Lempuyangan Station relationship with Pasar Senen Station with 20,709 passengers, and the Pasar Senen Station website with Lempuyangan 19,899 passengers.

As part of the commitment, continued Anne, KAI continues to prepare all operational aspects, including human resources carefully, in order to ensure the best service for customers during the Christmas and New Year holidays.

"KAI is also committed to providing safe, comfortable, and timely travel, as well as realizing the zero accident target," added Anne.

KAI has set the operational period for the Christmas and New Year holidays to last for 18 days, from 19 December 2024 to 5 January 2025. Meanwhile, the Christmas and New Year's Command Posts will last for 12 days, from 23 December 2024 to 3 January 2025.