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    "data": {
        "id": 2045986,
        "msgid": "foreign-travellers-boost-demand-for-kai-rail-services-1792471811",
        "date": "2026-10-20 10:45:25",
        "title": "Foreign travellers boost demand for KAI rail services",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_EN",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Business",
        "summary": "KAI and Whoosh carried a combined 760,601 passengers, including 262,369 Whoosh users, with Malaysians the largest foreign passenger group on the Jakarta\u2013Bandung high-speed service. KAI Group also reported serving 394.4 million customers across its rail-related services in January\u2013September 2026, up 7.06 per cent year on year.",
        "content": "<p>The total reached 760,601 passengers, including users of conventional\nlong-distance and local trains operated by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI)\nand the high-speed Whoosh service.<\/p>\n<p>Of those passengers, 498,232 used KAI\u2019s long-distance and local\ntrains, while 262,369 traveled on Whoosh, which connects Jakarta and\nBandung, according to the company\u2019s data that ANTARA quoted here\nTuesday.<\/p>\n<p>KAI Vice President for Public Relations Anne Purba said the combined\nforeign-passenger market along the Jakarta-Bandung corridor has exceeded\none million when Whoosh is included.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia is the largest source market for foreign passengers using\nWhoosh, reflecting strong demand for rail travel between Jakarta and\nBandung, Anne said.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysians accounted for 403,626 Whoosh passengers from the service\u2019s\nlaunch in October 2023 through August 2026, followed by travelers from\nSingapore, China, Japan and South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore accounted for 113,356 foreign Whoosh passengers during that\nperiod, followed by China with 81,971, Japan with 45,046 and South Korea\nwith 30,888, KAI data showed.<\/p>\n<p>Anne attributed the increase in foreign ridership to tourism\npromotion through traditional and social media, as well as greater\nawareness of the convenience of rail travel in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, KAI Group served 394.4 million customers across its\nrail-related services in January-September 2026, approaching 400 million\nin the first nine months of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The total increased 7.06 percent from 368.43 million in the same\nperiod of 2025, according to KAI data.<\/p>\n<p>Related news: Foreign rail passengers in Yogyakarta rise 7.8 percent:\nKAI<\/p>\n<p>Related news: KAI strengthens data security as digital rail use\ngrows<\/p>\n<p>Translator: Ricky P, Rahmad Nasution<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/foreign-travellers-boost-demand-for-kai-rail-services-1792471811",
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