KAI: Lebaran Ticket Sales Reach 102.3 Percent

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) or KAI recorded the peak of the 2026 Lebaran return flow with a significant surge in passenger volume. KAI’s Deputy Corporate Communications President Anne Purba stated that the certainty of travel time makes trains the preferred choice amid high public mobility during the Eid al-Fitr holiday period. “Over four consecutive days of the return flow, passenger volume was at the highest level during the 2026 Lebaran period with occupancy exceeding 140 percent,” said Anne Purba in a written statement in Jakarta on Friday (27/3/2026). On Sunday (22/3/2026), 242,810 passengers were recorded (150.7 percent). This increased on Monday (23/3/2026) to 247,025 passengers (154.1 percent). It then peaked on Tuesday (24/3/2026) with 250,650 passengers (153.4 percent). The day after, on Wednesday (25/3/2026), the number of passengers remained high at 230,784 (141.2 percent). Anne explained that these figures surpassed the previous year’s highest daily volume record of 223,348 long-distance train passengers. This reflects a strong and distributed return flow across various travel times. “Train travel has been increasing since mid-March and is currently in the return flow phase. Trains are chosen because they are comfortable, on schedule, and provide travel certainty,” said Anne. She added that long-distance train ticket sales reached 3,896,661 or 109.1 percent of the 3,571,760 seat capacity. Meanwhile, local trains recorded 703,518 tickets or 75.9 percent of the 926,936 seat capacity. Throughout the 11-26 March 2026 period, KAI served 3,678,880 passengers on Java and Sumatra islands. This consists of 3,081,467 long-distance train passengers and 597,413 local train passengers.