KA Tickets For Eid 2022 Homecoming In North Sumatra Sold 8,397 Seats

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MEDAN - Train tickets for the 2022 Eid homecoming to various destinations in North Sumatra have now sold 8,397 pieces, and the most purchases are for Putri Deli train tickets on the Medan - Tanjungbalai route. "Since the beginning of sales on April 1, demand has been high or 1,220 seats and continues to increase to 8,397 seats for the period April 22 - May 13, 2022," said Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Divre 1 North Sumatra, Mahendro Trang Bawono in Medan as reported by Antara, Wednesday, April 20. Most bookings for train tickets were for the Putri Deli train for the Medan - Tanjungbalai route or as many as 6,054 seats. Then the Sribilah train ticket, the Medan-Rantauprapat route with 1,955 seats and the Siantar Express (Medan-Pematangsiantar) 388 seats. April 1, already sold train tickets for Eid Al-Fitr 1443 Hijri. Sales of Eid transportation tickets on April 1 - May 13, 2022 are carried out on the KAI Access application, kai.id web, station counters, and all other official KAI ticket sales channels. KAI provides 16,770 seats/seats for intercity and local trains provided per day during Eid transportation. "KAI has set the Lebaran transportation period from D-10 to D+10 or April 22 to May 13, 2022," he said.

Mahendro explained that the sale of train tickets starting on D-45 before departure from the previous D-30, was carried out by KAI to give the public flexibility in planning their journey by train during the Lebaran transportation period.

According to government regulations, the capacity set for intercity trains is 100 percent and for local trains 70 percent.