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        "id": 1598698,
        "msgid": "avoid-high-ticket-prices-residents-travel-home-early-from-kampung-rambutan-terminal-1773042793",
        "date": "2026-03-09 13:55:14",
        "title": "Avoid High Ticket Prices: Residents Travel Home Early from Kampung Rambutan Terminal",
        "author": "Faieq Hidayat",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Residents departing from Kampung Rambutan Terminal in East Jakarta are increasingly choosing to travel home ahead of Eid (Lebaran) to avoid peak-season traffic congestion and escalating ticket prices. Travellers report that bus fares to Sumatera remain affordable at around Rp875,000 for sleeper class, but prices can double as the holiday approaches, prompting many to leave earlier with families in tow.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta \u2014 Kampung Rambutan Terminal in East Jakarta has begun filling\nwith Eid travellers ahead of the Lebaran holiday on Monday 9 March 2026.\nAccording to observations by Kompas.com on site, many passengers were\nwaiting for buses in the terminal\u2019s waiting area. Several travellers\nwere seen carrying large suitcases and cardboard boxes destined for\ntheir home towns. The majority of passengers were bound for Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I want to go home early to Payakumbuh because I want to avoid\ntraffic jams and ticket prices haven\u2019t risen yet, since it\u2019s still far\nfrom the peak Eid season,\u201d said Ade when interviewed at Kampung Rambutan\nTerminal on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that he regularly travels home early to his village and\nchooses to suspend his trading activities several days before Eid. \u201cYes,\nI\u2019m used to doing this well in advance because of my trading business.\nUsually I take off about 10 days into Ramadan, at most 15 days. Tickets\nare still normal at Rp875,000 for sleeper class,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now ticket prices haven\u2019t gone up yet, they\u2019re still stable\nand normal. So we can still afford to buy tickets. Prices can double as\nwe get closer to Eid,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He explained this was his first time travelling home well ahead of\nEid, as he no longer has work obligations to complete in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Septalia chose to travel early to avoid long traffic jams,\nparticularly as she was travelling with her young child. \u201cThe traffic is\nreally long. Journeys can take over 24 hours. Usually with us,\nespecially now with the toll roads, travel is faster if we set out\nearly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband will follow later. Because he\u2019s still working, he\u2019ll\nleave around 17 March when he has a proper holiday,\u201d she added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/avoid-high-ticket-prices-residents-travel-home-early-from-kampung-rambutan-terminal-1773042793",
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