Christmas And New Year's Holidays, Tens Of Thousands Of Train Passengers Arrived At Pasar Senen Station

Atmosphere at train station/ Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) recorded a high volume of long-distance train passengers (KAJJ) at Pasar Senen Station. The high arrival of train passengers (KA) is in line with the Christmas and New Year 2023 holidays.

"Today on Monday, January 2, 2023, passenger arrival volume increased by 39,000 from the previous number of only 15,000 train passengers who got off at Pasar Senen Station," said Head of Public Relations of PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta, Eva Chairunisa to reporters, Monday, January 2.

Meanwhile, train passengers who disembarked at Gambir Station reached 13,700 passengers. Furthermore, at Cikampek, Karawang, Cikarang, Bekasi and Jatinegara Stations, there were 10,300 train passengers.

"The increase occurred in the volume of arrivals after the new year on January 1 and 2, 2023," he said.

Sementara sejak Minggu, 1 Januari, volume penjualan tiket dengan tujuan area Daop 1 Jakarta sebanyak 32.900 tiket. Selain banyaknya penumpang yang datang pada arus balik libur Nataru, calon penumpang KAJJ juga masih terlihat meski tidak ada kenjakan penumpang

"The passenger departure volume situation from the Daop 1 area of Jakarta has begun to approach normal for Monday, January 2. The total number of passengers departing today is 20,800 people, consisting of departures from Pasar Senen Station with 12,600 passengers with operational services of 32 trains and 8,200 other passengers via departure from Gambir Station with 35 trains operational services," he said.