Jakarta-Surabaya tickets selling fast for long weekend

Return train tickets have almost sold out for passengers travelling from Jakarta to Surabaya over the coming long weekend from Thursday to Sunday, tempointeraktif.com reported Wednesday.

A spokesman for the Surabaya Office of state-owned railway compnay (KAI), Catur Herry Winarno, said his company had already sold around 90 percent of seats on Jakarta-Surabaya trains for this period.

The Bima, Sembrani, Gumarang and Jayabaya train services ply the Jakarta-Surabaya route.

The government recently announced it would add another public holiday for civil servants on Friday, after the celebration of Ascension Day on Thursday.