In 2 Towns, KAI Surabaya Rejects 1,867 Customers Boarding The Train

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SURABAYA - PT Kereta Api (KAI) Regional Operations (Daop) 8 Surabaya refused as many as 1,867 customers to take long-distance trains during the period 5-21 August, because they did not meet the specified requirements.

"KAI firmly rejects customers who do not fulfill the trip, and directs them to cancel at the station counter," said Public Relations Manager of KAI Daop 8 Surabaya, Luqman Arif in Surabaya as reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 22.

Luqman said that the strict rejection had been carried out since the enactment of travel requirements through the Circular Letter of the Ministry of Transportation Number 80 of 2022 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of People's Travel by Rail Transportation on August 15, 2022.

"KAI Daop 8 Surabaya strictly supervises prospective customers during the boarding process at the departure station. This is done to support the government's steps in preventing the spread and increasing transmission of COVID-19 in public transportation, especially trains," he said.

Therefore, he said, prospective customers who will travel by train must pay attention to the travel requirements.

The requirements include, among others, that those aged 18 years and over must have had a third vaccine (booster), but those who only did the second and first vaccines must show a negative result of the 3x24 hour RT-PCR test.

Meanwhile, those who have not been vaccinated for medical reasons must show a doctor's certificate from a government hospital and a negative result of the 3x24 hour RT-PCR test.

Meanwhile, for ages 6-17 years, a second vaccine is required, so that there is no need to show negative results for COVID-19 screening, but if only the first vaccine is required, then it is mandatory to show negative results of 1x24 hour antigen test / 3x24 hour RT-PCR.

"For those who are not/have not been vaccinated for medical reasons, they must show a doctor's certificate from a government hospital and a negative result of the 1x24 hour Antigen test / 3x24 hour RT-PCR," he said.