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View all search resultsKAI extends provision of additional trains for Idul Fitri
State-owned railway company PT KAI is extending its provision of additional trains following the Idul Fitri holiday, asthe number of vacationers and mudik (homeward-bound) travelers hasincreased this year
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tate-owned railway company PT KAI is extending its provision of additional trains following the Idul Fitri holiday, asthe number of vacationers and mudik (homeward-bound) travelers hasincreased this year.
'We have extended the operation of additional trains until Aug. 10 because we have seen a higher number of passengers. In previous years, we only provided additional trains from July 18 through Aug. 5,' Agus Komarudin, KAI operational region 1 spokesman, said on Sunday as quoted by kompas.com.
According to Agus, the number of homeward-bound travelers, who departed from Gambir Station and Senen Station in Central Jakarta, were still increasing due to the long holiday, even though Idul Fitri has finished.
'We want to anticipate the return traffic to Jakarta by extending the operation of additional trains,' he said.
Previously, Agus said that KAI had prepared 30 regular trains plus five extra to deal with the surge in passengers during Idul Fitri.
The five additional trains are the Argo Dwipangga (Gambir-Surakarta); the Gumarang Lebaran (Gambir-Surabaya); the Purwojaya Lebaran (Gambir-Cilacap); the Gajayana Lebaran (Gambir-Malang), and the Argo Lawu (Gambir-Surakarta).
Transportation Minister EE Mangindaan said 4.5 million of the 20 million or so people returning to their hometowns and villages for Idul Fitri had traveled by train.(gda)
