the new train with a seat capacity of 172 will give greater convenience for travelers between the airport and Medan.Medan, North Sumatra (ANTARA News) - The seat capacity of passenger train between Medan and its new Kualanamu Airport will be doubled to 172,000 after two more sets of new coaches are put into operation in September.
Two sets or eight railway coaches have been in operation since July 25 to coincide with the operation of the new international airport replacing the old Polonia airport of Medan.
The additional two new units or 8 coaches would be put in operation early next months, Bodhas Swara Setiawan Jusri, the general manager of PT Railink, said here on Monday.
PT Railink , a joint venture between two state companies , railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia and airport operator PT Angkasa Pura.
Jusri said the new train with a seat capacity of 172 will give greater convenience for travelers between the airport and Medan.
The management of Railink plans to increase the frequency of services to 13 trips everyday from 10 trips at present.
With the capacity of 172 passengers in 13 trip per day, the train could transport between 3,000 to 4,000 passengers per day or 1 million to 1.3 million per year.
The new airport has the capacity of handling 8.1 million air passengers per year, and Railink hopes that 25 percent of the air passengers will use railway transport to Medan, which is around 20 kilometers away.
(Uu.H-ASG/A014)
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