Malang-Jakarta train tickets sell out

MALANG: The Malang-Jakarta Gajayana train tickets for Sept. 25-30 departures have sold out, including those for the additional coaches.

Head of Malang's Kotabaru train station, M. Irfan, said Tuesday the number of passengers for all routes had increased between 15 and 25 percent, including in economy class.

He added between 400 and 1,000 passengers had been transported daily from Malang to Jakarta using the Gajayana executive and economy trains since Sunday.

The figure, he said, was predicted to sharply increase during the peak of the return trip of this year's homebound exodus, which was expected to happen Saturday.

He added his office was expecting 5,000 passengers that day.

The number of passengers coming to Malang using either trains, buses or planes are predicted to reach over 700,000 while that of those leaving Malang for other destinations were predicted to reach over 750,000. - JP