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tate-owned railway operator PT KAI will add 19 train trips to its schedule over the holiday season in anticipation of increased demand for Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

In addition to the 60 regular train trips over the period from Dec. 20 to Jan. 7, there would be 12 additional trips from Gambir Station and seven from Pasar Senen Station in Central Jakarta, said Dadan Rudiansyah, PT KAI’s executive vice president of operations in the company’s Jakarta 1 region.

“This year’s addition is 9 percent higher than last year’s Christmas and New Year’s Eve addition,” Dadan said on Thursday, as quoted by kompas.com.

A total of five facultative trips and 14 supplementary trips with 10,470 seats will operate from Dec. 20 to Jan. 7.

Meanwhile, the operation of the Brantas Tambahan and Mataram Premium trains commenced on Thursday.

Compared to last year, Dadan said, the number of passengers during Christmas and New Year was predicted to increase around 5 percent or 1,216,442.

KAI would also tighten security at the Gambir and Pasar Senen train stations with 1,062 internal and external security personnel, which also included a police dog unit, Dadan said.