The Peak Of Homecoming Through The Kampung Rambutan Terminal Happens April 29, Sunday It's Far Down

The flow of going home at Kampung Rambutan Terminal is still down compared to 2019. (photo: doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - The peak flow of going home through various terminals is considered to have passed. It can be seen that the number of homecomers at the Kampung Rambutan Terminal, East Jakarta, is starting to experience a downward trend. The peak of passengers from this terminal had occurred on Friday, April 29.

Head of Kampung Rambutan Terminal Yulza Ramadhoni in East Jakarta, Sunday, said the number of homecomers last Friday reached 2,791 people transported by 131 buses.

The number of homecomers has increased compared to Thursday, April 28, which reached 1,869 people transported by 164 buses.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, April 30, the number of homecomers began to decline, reaching 2,365 people transported using 131 buses.

However, the number of passengers at the peak of the homecoming flow at the Kampung Rambutan Terminal last Friday, significantly decreased by 81 percent when compared to 2019.

During the same period in 2019, the number of homecomers departing reached 14,504 people transported by 452 buses. As for 2020 and 2021, the terminal will not serve homecoming traffic due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

If the total number of travelers who departed from Kampung Rambutan Terminal from April 25, 2022 to last Saturday reached 10,982 travelers who were transported by 901 buses.

With this realization, the average homecomer departs per day reaches 1,830 people with an average bus reaching 159 buses per day.

The destination for homecomers is dominated by Central Java by 41 percent, followed by West Java by 33 percent.

The rest, South Sumatra by nine percent, West Sumatra (5 percent), East Java (4 percent) and Yogyakarta (3 percent).

Meanwhile, until Sunday afternoon a number of homecomers were still arriving at the Kampung Rambutan Terminal. Even so, there is no passenger density including queues to enter the bus so that the situation of the homecoming flow is observed to be busy and smooth. For the return flow, after Lebaran later, it is estimated that it will occur again on Friday and Saturday (6-7 May).