Train Tickets For Lebaran Homecoming Recorded Only 38.1 Percent

KAI (Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI noted that 38.1 percent of long-distance train tickets during the Eid 2023 homecoming period had been sold as much as 38.1 percent per day.

The tickets sold were for train departures in the period 12 to 3 May 2023.

VP of Public Relations Joni Martinus said tickets that had been sold were 1,035,691 tickets or 38.1 percent of the total tickets provided were 2,716,557 tickets.

"The number will still increase, because sales are still ongoing," he said in a statement, Friday, March 24.

Joni revealed that the period before Lebaran was dominated by passengers from the West (Jakarta or Bandung) towards the East (Central Java and East Java).

"For the period after Lebaran, passengers from the East (Central Java or East Java) are dominated towards the West (Jakarta or Bandung)," he said.

Meanwhile, based on the date of departure, the favorite trains were ordered, including April 20, 2023 as much as 65 percent; April 21, 2023 as much as 62 percent and April 26, 2023 as much as 56 percent.

"If the desired ticket runs out, the customer can select an alternative date or take advantage of the Connecting Train feature in the KAI Access application which will help provide travel options by combining a connecting train schedule," he said.

Adapun perjalanan KA yang masuk 10 besar dalam okupansi yang telah dipesan di antaranya:

1. Airlangga Train (Pasar Senen-Surabaya Pasarturi pp) 100 percent

2. KA Kahuripan (Kiaracondong-Blitar pp) 100 percent

3. KA Sri Tanjung (Lempuyangan-Ketapang pp) 100 percent

4. Additional Pasundan Train (Kiaracondong-Surabaya Gubeng pp) 100 percent

5. Bengawan train (Pasar Senen-Purwosari pp) 100 percent

6. KA Probowangi (Surabaya Gubeng-Ketapang pp) 80.27 percent

7. KA Rajabasa (Kertapati-Tanjungkarang pp) 71.47 percent

8. KA Serayu (Pasar Senen-Purwokerto pp) 69.73 percent

9. Pasundan train (Kiaracondong-Surabaya Gubeng pp) 61.50 percent

10. Malabar Train (Bandung-Malang pp) 61.01 percent

"KAI hopes that the community can plan their journey well because the train tickets for the Eid Transport period are still quite widely available," he said.