Dari jumlah tersebut, terdapat penambahan 10 perjalanan KA Jarak Jauh yang beroperasi dibanding dengan pekan sebelumnya
Yaitu Rabu 31 Januari sampai dengan Minggu 4 Februari dengan total jumlah perjalanan sebanyak 1.075 KA Jarak Jauh.
KA-KA Jarak Jauh yang ditambah perjalanannya yaitu 4 perjalanan KA Manahan (Gambir - Solo Balapan pp),
4 perjalanan KA Sancaka (Yogyakarta - Surabaya Gubeng pp), dan 2 perjalanan KA Kaligung (Cirebon Prujakan – Semarang Poncol pp).
Joni mengatakan, penambahan frekuensi perjalanan kereta api tersebut ditujukan
Untuk mengantisipasi peningkatan volume pelanggan pada libur panjang akhir pekan di awal bulan Februari 2024.
“Peningkatan jumlah perjalanan KA ini merupakan bagian dari komitmen KAI
Untuk meningkatkan pelayanan kepada pelanggan, terutama pada masa high season seperti long weekend ini,” pungkas Joni.
PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) noted that there was a significant increase in passenger volume during the Isra Miraj and Lunar New Year holidays.
The people's favorite routes during the Isra Miraj and Chinese New Year holidays include the Airlangga train, Pasarsenen - Surabaya, Pasar Turi (PP), the Sri Tanjung train, Lempuyangan - Ketapang (PP), the Kahuripan train, Kiaracondong - Blitar (PP), the Bengawan train, connection Pasarsenen - Purwosari (PP), Probowangi train connecting Surabaya Gubeng - Ketapang (PP).
Then, Kertajaya train, Pasarsenenen - Surabaya Pasarturi (PP), Jayabaya train, Pasarsenenen - Malang (PP), Matarmaja train, Pasarsenen - Malang (PP), Logawa train, Purwokerto - Jember (PP), and Joglosemarkerto train, Solo Balapan - Semarang Tawang (PP).
Based on data on Thursday (8/2), 777,762 train tickets had been sold. The occupancy reached 90 percent of the 866,361 seats provided.
"The highest number of ticket sales during the Chinese New Year Long Weekend period occurred on Wednesday, February 7 2024 with a total of 174,159 tickets," said KAI VP Public Relations Joni Martinus to JawaPos.com, Thursday (8/2).
Furthermore, Joni explained that in order to serve passengers during the Isra Mikraj long weekend and Lunar New Year holiday, which is Wednesday (7/2) to Sunday (11/2), KAI operates a total of 1,085 long-distance trains during the holiday period, or roughly -an average of 217 long-distance train journeys per day.
Of this number, there were an additional 10 long distance train trips operating compared to the previous week, namely Wednesday (31/1) to Sunday (4/2) with a total number of 1,075 long distance train trips.
Long-distance trains that have additional trips are 4 Manahan train trips (Gambir - Solo Balapan pp), 4 Sancaka train trips (Yogyakarta - Surabaya Gubeng pp), and 2 Kaligung train trips (Cirebon Prujakan - Semarang Poncol pp).