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.