There Are Still Travelers Who Have Just Arrived At Jember Station When The Eid Holiday Is Over

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JAKARTA - Jember Station and several stations in Operation Area 9 along Pasuruan to Banyuwangi, East Java are still visited by travelers even though the Eid holiday is over.

"Today as of 10:00 WIB, the number of passengers boarding at a number of stations in the Daop 9 Jember work area reached 7,358 people," said PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Operational Area (Daop) 9 Tohari Public Relations Manager daily in Jember Regency, Monday. May 9 quoted from Antara.

The peak of the return flow of passengers taking trains at a number of stations in the Daop 9 Jember area occurred on Sunday, May 8, which reached 8,794 people. While the passengers who got off reached 8,529 people.

"The number of passengers may decrease this Monday based on data monitored by officers, but the density of backflow passengers at a number of stations is still happening," he said.

The number of passengers who boarded the PT KAI Daop 9 Jember area for 18 days during the Lebaran 1443 Hijriah Transportation post on April 22 to May 9 2022 totaled 112,678 passengers, both local, long-distance and medium-distance train passengers.

"As for the number of passengers who got off from April 22 to May 9, 2022, there were 117,218 passengers, so the number of passengers who got off was more than passengers who got on in the Daop 9 Jember area," he said.

PT KAI Daop 9 Jember has also added one carriage each to the Logawa train series on the Jember-Purwokerto route and the Wijayakusuma train for the Ketapang Banyuwangi - Cilacap route to anticipate the surge in passengers during the Lebaran backflow.

Tohari said the total available seats from May 10 to May 13, 2022 amounted to 32,360 seats, while 24,996 seats (77 percent) have been sold, and the remaining 7,364 seats (23 percent).