More train cars for Xmas, New Year

More train cars for Xmas, New Year

JAKARTA: As the Christmas and New Year holidays draw near,
state railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia said that it had
prepared more train cars to cater for an expected increase in
passengers during the festivities.

"We will increase the length of trains to between eight and 10
cars ahead of the celebrations from the current six to seven
cars," spokesman Ahmad Sujadi was quoted as saying by the
Tempointeraktif.com news portal on Saturday.

Ahmad said that the company estimated that the number of
passengers would increase by 10 percent, adding that the numbers
traveling would be less than during the Idul Fitri holiday in
November.

"That's why we have no immediate plans to put on more trains,"
he said.

According to Ahmad, the company had started taking
reservations for trains departing over the holidays.

"So far, around 30 percent of the seats are still vacant. The
ticket price will only increase slightly," he said. However, he
did not specify by exactly how much. --JP