Idul Fitri travellers flocking to stations<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakartans who intend to celebrate Idul Fitri in
\ntheir hometowns in West, Central and East Java have been packing
\nbus terminals and railway stations over the last two days.<\/p>\n
The number of passengers in four bus terminals and seven
\nrailway stations in Jakarta started to increase on Tuesday and
\nthe state-owned railway company Perumka started operating two
\nadditional locomotives.<\/p>\n
As many as 30,132 people left Jakarta for their hometowns by
\nbus yesterday.<\/p>\n
As many as 16,299 of them left from Pulogadung terminal, an
\nincrease from 3,532 people a day earlier. A total of 8,176 people
\nleft from Kampung Rambutan, East Jakarta, 2,020 people from
\nKalideres in West Jakarta and 3,637 people from Lebak Bulus in
\nSouth Jakarta.<\/p>\n
A total of 76,196 people left the city through 25 bus
\nterminals on Tuesday, the first day of the official operation of
\nadditional public transportation vehicles.<\/p>\n
The government has prepared 8,444 buses from Feb.13 until
\nMarch 2 for the mass exodus for the Idul Fitri holidays, with
\n6,694 regular buses and 1,750 as back-up fleets.<\/p>\n
The back up fleets are city buses from the state-owned bus
\ncompanies PPD, Damri, PT Mayasari Bakti, Arion and Bianglala.<\/p>\n
As many as 3.5 million people are expected to leave the
\ncapital for the Idul Fitri holidays, which fall on Feb. 20 and 21
\nthis year. Two million people are expected to go by public bus,
\none million by train and 500,000 will take their car.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, total passenger volume hit 27,231. A total of 2,032
\npeople left from Kota stations, 8,440 people from Gambir, 5,233
\npeople from Jatinegara, 1,442 people from Tanah Abang, 341 people
\nfrom Manggarai, 59 people from Kemayoran and 9,684 people from
\nSenen station.<\/p>\n
The company deployed two additional trains plying Jakarta-
\nMalang and Jakarta-Jember on Tuesday. Perumka made 236 trains
\navailable for the mass exodus.<\/p>\n
More than 163,000 people are expected to go home by train
\nbetween Tuesday and March 2. (yns)<\/p>",
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