Holidaymakers return to the big smoke

Holidaymakers return to the big smoke

After spending Idul Fitri with their families in their hometowns
and villages across Java, Sumatra and other islands, hundreds of
thousands of Jakartans return home in time to start work on
Monday. Like their departure, most holidaymakers returned on
public transportation such as buses, trains and ferries. A small
number of holidayers who rode their own motorcycles to leave for
their hometowns on Java before the Idul Fitri holiday, had to
bring their motorcycles back to Jakarta.

Photo A: KA Tegalarum

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Economy class train KA Tegalarum arrives at the railway station
in the downtown Jakarta. The train carried on Monday more than
1,500 Jakartans who celebrated Idul Fitri in their villages in
Tegal, Central Java and Cirebon, West Java.

Photo B: Passengers

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Hundreds of passengers get off the train at Gambir station,
Central Jakarta. They were among more than of 5,000 Jakartans who
arrived at the station after making the long trip from Surabaya
in East Java and Yogyakarta in Central Java.

Photo C: Tanjung Priok

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Hundreds of passengers disembark from a ship at Tanjung Priok
port. The ship that traveled between Belawan, Batam and Jakarta
carried more than 5,000 passengers from North Sumatra and Riau on
Friday.

Photo D and E: Senen

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Thousands of passengers leave the railway station in Senen,
Central Jakarta (left). Some of the passengers were returning to
Jakarta after visiting their hometowns in West and Central Java,
while others were coming to Jakarta for the first time to seek
work. Three ship passengers (above) wait with their belongings
for a taxi to take them home upon their arrival at Tanjung Priok
port on Friday.