JAKARTA - PT Kereta Api Indonesia reported, based on monitoring on Thursday, April 20, the volume of passengers departing from Pasar Senen and Gambir Stations has increased again.
Kahumas KAI Daop 1 Jakarta, Eva Chairunisa said, for today around 24,200 passengers departed Pasar Senen Station with 32 trains operating. Meanwhile, Gambir Station, the volume of passengers departing today reached around 18,500 with 38 train services operating.
"In total, the occupancy of seating occupancy from train departures in the Daop 1 Jakarta area reaches 100 percent," he told the media, Thursday, April 20.
Meanwhile, based on data, Eva continued, as of today, Thursday, April 20, around 590,000 tickets for the departure of the Eid Transport period from Gambir Station and Pasar Senen have been sold.
"Of these, the majority of orders are made for departure schedules on favorite dates, namely April 14 to 23, 2023," he added.
Then based on ticket data sold on these dates, the occupancy rate of passenger volume has reached 90 to 100 percent with the highest passenger volume departing recorded on 18 19, 20 and 21 April 2023 where the occupancy rate has reached 100 percent.
The number of destination cities that are the favorite choices include Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Purwokerto, Kutoarjo, Semarang, Tegal, Solo and Bandung.
Eva further explained, 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 departures from Gambir Station and Pasar Senen.
The number includes an Additional 303 train trip whose tickets can be ordered 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," explained Eva.
As previously reported, Eid transportation ticket bookings can be made 45 days before the departure schedule through the KAI Access application, the KAi.id website, contact center 121 and various official sales partners in collaboration with KAI. Meanwhile, the counter at the station only serves go show ticket sales starting 3 hours before the train departure schedule.
"In addition to making preparations through the reliability of facilities and increasing the number of trips through Additional trains, Daop 1 Jakarta also added a number of facilities at stations such as waiting seats and children's play areas," Eva continued.
He added that a number of toilet facilities and worship areas were also updated, as was done at Pasar Senen and Gambir Stations. Daop 1 Jakarta also added service officers, security to ensure Eid transportation can run safely and smoothly.
"As for Daop 1 Jakarta, reminds train customers who will go home to pay attention to the rules of luggage, namely the maximum volume is 20 kg or volume 100 dm3 with a maximum dimension of 70 cm x 48 cm x 30 cm," he said.
Bags that exceed the weight and/or size as referred to, up to a height of 40 kg or with a volume of 200 dm3 (with a maximum dimension of 70 cm x 48 cm x 60 cm), are allowed to be carried on duty on excess baggage or to buy extra seating. The additional cost of baggage is for an exclusive class of Rp. 10,000.00 per kg, business class of Rp. 6,000.00 per kg and economic class of Rp. 2,000.00 per kg.
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