Eid Al-Fitr Homecoming Flow 2023, 38,600 Train Passengers Leave Jakarta

Long-distance train illustration (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Head of Public Relations of PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta, Eva Chairunisa said that the train passengers departing a week before Eid al-Fitr or D-7 Lebaran reached 38,600 people. This number is an accumulation of the total passengers departing from Gambir Station and Pasar Senen Station. In detail, 23,600 train passengers departing from Pasar Senen Station with 32 trains operating. Meanwhile, the departing passenger volume Gambir Station today reaches around 15,000 with 38 trains operating," Eva said in a statement Sunday 16 April morning. In total, the occupancy occupancy of seating from train departures in the Daop 1 Jakarta area reached 93 percent. A total of 560,000 tickets for the departure of Eid transportation from Gambir Station and Pasar Senen Market have been sold. Of these, the majority of orders were made for departure schedules on favorite dates such as H-5 to D-2 Lebaran or 14 - 23 April 2023. Based on ticket data sold on those dates, the occupancy rate of passenger volume has reached 90 to 100 percent with the highest passenger departing volume recorded on 21 April 2023. The number of destination cities that became the favorite choices among Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Purwokerto, Kutoarjo, Semarrang, Tegal, Solo and Bandung.

During the Eid 2023 transportation period from April 12 (H-10) to May 3 (D+10) in total, PT KAI Daop 1 Jakarta prepared up to 1 million long-distance train tickets (KAJJ) with 1,513 train trips for departure from Gambir Station and Pasar Senen. including additional train trips as many as 303 trains whose tickets can be booked since Monday, March 13, 2023. Additional trains are available for a number of favorite connection trips such as the destinations of Yogyakarta, Semarang, Solo, Blitar, Surabaya and Malang.