Increasingly Interested, Fast Trains Transport 21,000 Passengers

Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Train. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The public's enthusiasm for the Fast Train bettersh is very high. This can be seen from the number of passengers served until November 12 reaching 21,312 people.

That number was achieved through the operation of 36 travel schedules, with details of 28 regular trips and 8 additional trips.

KCIC Corporate Secretary Eva Chairunisa said, based on ticket data sold, of the 21,312 passengers, 497 passengers or 2.3 percent of them were first class passengers, 886 passengers or 4.2 percent of business class passengers, and 19,929 passengers or 93.5 percent of premium economy class passengers.

The average occupancy of each trip reached 98.5 percent. As for the specific schedule, the occupancy reached 100 percent or sold out," Eva said, written Monday, November 13.

Eva said this achievement was the highest transport performance achievement during the fast train

Previously, the highest passenger volume occurred on November 11 with 20,000 people and November 4 at 18,000.

Compared to last week, there was an increase in the number of high-speed train passengers by 18 percent or 3,259 passengers.

In terms of the number of trips, there was an increase in the number of trips by 12 percent from 32 trips on November 4 to 36 trips on November 11 and 12.

The increase in the number of passengers is in line with the increase in the number of trips on weekends. The Fast Train Whereh is now one of the modes of transportation chosen by the public to travel from Jakarta to Bandung and vice versa," said Eva.

Seeing the high volume of passengers, continued Eva, KCIC periodically also conducts evaluations, especially regarding the schedule and number of train trips.

"We hope that in the future passengers will continue to be high and more and more will be helped by the presence of the Fast Train