Daop 6 Yogyakarta Runs 5 Additional Trains To Welcome Eid

Illustration - Yogyakarta Tugu Station Atmosphere (ANTARA/HO-Humas Daop 6 Yogyakarta)

YOGYAKARTA - PT KAI Operational Area 6 Yogyakarta will run five additional trains with various destination cities to meet the needs of the community during Eid. "People's “Inat uses trains (KA) for Lebaran travel is expected to increase, so we provide additional trips for a number of relations that have been customers' favorites," said Public Relations Manager of PT KAI Operational Area (Daop) 6 Yogyakarta Franoto Wibowo in Yogyakarta, Antara, Monday, March 13. The additional train prepared is the Sancaka Train for the Yogyakarta-Solo Balapan-Surabaya Gubeng connection which will be carried out on 1.2.6-9, 13-30 April. In addition, additional trains were also run for the April 12-30 trip, namely the Argo Lawu Additional Train and Argo Dwipangga Train Additional Solo Balapan-Yogyakarta-Gambir, Yogyakarta-Gambir Additional Taksaka Train, and the Malioboro Express Train for Malang- Solo Balapan-Klaten-Yogyakarta relations. The total tickets provided for additional train travel from Daop 6 reached 66,176 seats from various train classes. Tickets for additional train trips have also begun to be sold on Monday (13/3) which can be accessed in various ways, such as the KAI Access application, the kai.id website, contact center 121, and official sales partners. "“Pelangan can also still get tickets at the station ticket counter but the counter only serves sales ‘ go show’ starting three hours before the train departure schedule," he said. Franoto added that additional train operations to support Eid transportation are KAI's readiness to provide mass transportation for the community. Meanwhile, tickets for regular train trips during the Eid transportation period have also been sold. As of Sunday (12/3) at 10.00 WIB, the highest ticket sales at Daop 6 Yogyakarta occurred for departure on April 25, reaching 59 percent or 6,937 tickets from 11,808 tickets provided. Departure on April 24 sold 36 percent while April 20 was 35 percent. “ In general, there are still many seats available for travel during the Eid transportation period from Daop 6 Yogyakarta. The public can adjust the travel schedule to the availability of tickets because tickets can be booked 45 days before departure,” he said. He also reminded prospective passengers to comply with travel provisions, especially vaccination rules, namely the mandatory first booster vaccine for customers 18 years and over or the mandatory second vaccine for customers aged 6-17 years. Daop 6 Yogyakarta also ensures that it will carry out various preparations to support the Eid transportation period, starting from the readiness of facilities, infrastructure and human resources, one of which is by inspection of safety and application of minimum service standards.