651 Thousand Passengers Depart And Arrive At Gambir Station And Pasar Senen During The 2022 Eid Holiday Period

Illustration of a train crossing the Jakarta route to the north of Central Java. (Between)

JAKARTA - A total of 651,427 passengers departed from Gambir Station and Pasar Senen Station during the 22-day period of going back and forth for Lebaran 2022.

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Daop 1 Jakarta recorded the number of passengers it obtained from April 22 to May 13, 2022.

"During this period Daop 1 Jakarta operated 1,383 trains with an average of 63 trains per day," said Head of Public Relations of KAI Daop 1 Jakarta Eva Chairunisa in a statement in Jakarta, Sunday 15 May.

Eva said that the backflow is still quite high, on Sunday, May 15 2021, there were around 14,300 users arriving at Pasar Senen Station and 9,600 users arriving at Gambir Station.

He said, in total from May 4 to 15 there were around 448,800 users arriving in the Daop 1 area of Jakarta.

"All arriving train service users are confirmed to have met the requirements of the train journey through inspections at the initial departure station," he said, as reported by Antara.

Eva further revealed, this weekend the volume of departing passengers also increased again with the national holiday of Vesak Day.

In total, from May 13 to 15, 2022, around 67,000 passengers departed from Gambir Station and Pasarsenen Station.

Daop 1 Jakarta also reminds KAJJ service users who will depart to pay attention to the train travel requirements to avoid the risk of canceling their departure because they do not meet the requirements.

To assist customers in completing the requirements for long-distance train rides throughout the Lebaran transport period, Daop 1 Jakarta has served 47 thousand prospective users who carry out rapid antigen tests and 5,200 vaccination participants at the station.

The vaccination program is not only intended for customers but also for the wider community as a form of KAI's service to the country.

"So far, all train journeys have gone smoothly and safely from the departure station to the arrival station," he concluded.