New policy means no standing passengers allowed on trains

State-owned railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) is set to introduce a new ruling as of October 1, stipulating that each train carriage can only carry as many passengers as it has seats for, which means it will no longer allow standing passengers on all executive-, business- and economy-class trains.

"With this policy, tickets for standing passengers will no longer be sold. All tickets sold will have numbers," PT KAI spokesman for the Purwokerto region, Surono, said Thursday.

Surono added that the executive-class carriages have 50 seats, business class has 62, air-conditioned economy has 80 and regular economy has 106.

"Hopefully this will mean all passengers can travel more safely and comfortably," he said as reported by tribunnews.com.

He further added that all passengers would need to book tickets in advance. Those wanting to ride executive-, business- and air-conditioned economy-class trains would be able to reserve tickets 40 days in advance, while those seeking to travel on regular economy-class trains could book their tickets seven days in advance.