Train tickets 90 percent sold<\/p>\n
BANDUNG: Ninety percent of tickets for business and executive
\ntrains heading to cities in Central and East Java in the last
\ndays before the Idul Fitri holiday had been sold 10 days ahead of
\nthe celebration day on Nov. 3, an official said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for train company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) in
\nBandung, Sukendar, said would-be travelers had been lining up for
\ntickets since the first day of the fasting month of Ramadhan.<\/p>\n
For economy trains, he said, tickets would be sold at
\ndeparture time.<\/p>\n
\"Most of the travellers go to Surabaya and Yogyakarta. We
\npredict their numbers will increase by 2 percent compared to last
\nyear,\" he told The Jakarta Post on Monday.<\/p>\n
Every day, five business and executive trains leave from
\nBandung Station, while three economy trains depart from
\nKiaracondong Station.<\/p>\n
The company had added one business and executive train; the
\nLodaya leaving at 8:05 p.m.; and two economy trains: the Pasundan
\ntrain leaving at 9 a.m. and Kutojaya train at 9:30 p.m.; starting
\non Oct. 27 to ensure all people could celebrate the day in their
\nhometowns. -- JP<\/p>",
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