"PT KAI has prepared 28 trains in anticipation of the surge in the home-bound and reverse flows of Idul Fitri travelers," KAI spokesman Sugeng Priyono said here on Saturday.
He said most of the 28 additional trains would transport passengers to Central Java, and the remainder to East Java.
Sugeng said that KAI was increasing the number of its trains to be operated during the Lebaran season in answer to the rising demand for transportation. .
"Seeing the increasing demand from passengers, we are providing 28 additional trains," he said.
He said that this year KAI would maximally carry 150 percent economy class passengers to keep comfortableness for passengers.
"If a coach has a capacity of 100 seats, only 150 passengers would be allowed to get on it so that the carriage would not become too packed," he added.
In the meantime, the number of Idul Fitri travelers using trains at Senen Railway Station here on Saturday (D-Day minus 3) was estimated at 13,000.
"It is estimated that the peak of Idul Fitri travelers at Senen Railway station occur today," Sugeng Priyono said.
He said that based on the report on the number of passengers transported by trains through the Senen railway stations on Friday reached 11,216 travelers.
"Today, the number will increase to about 13,000 people," he said.
He said that on Thursday or on the D-Day minus five, the number of train passengers at Senen was recorded at 10,683 and on D-Day minus six and minus seven respectively recorded at 7,565 and 6,772 travelers.
(Uu.A014/HAJM/H-YH)
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