Purwomartani Toll Gate Operating Hours Extended Until 22:00

The daily operating hours of the Purwomartani Toll Gate (GT) in Sleman, DI Yogyakarta (DIY), have been extended again during this year’s Lebaran return flow period. The GT Purwomartani on the Yogyakarta-Solo Toll Road, Prambanan-Purwomartani section, has been functionally open since 16 March until 29 March. Previously, the operating hours for this section and GT had been extended from the initial 06:00-18:00 WIB to 06:00-20:00 WIB as of 22 March. The extension of the Purwomartani GT’s operating duration aims to ease traffic density towards Klaten or Central Java. However, the latest policy from the police has further extended the daily operating duration as of today, Tuesday (24/3), to 06:00-22:00 WIB each day. “Starting today, we are increasing and extending its use, from 06:00 in the morning until 22:00,” said the DIY Police Chief, Inspector General Pol Anggoro Sukartono, at the Teteg Post in Yogyakarta City, DIY, on Tuesday. “Because this will help get vehicles out of the Special Region of Yogyakarta,” he added. Anggoro explained that among the four provincial exit points from DIY, GT Purwomartani is one of the most popular among drivers or those returning home. To date, 67,000 vehicles have passed through the toll gate per day. “Starting today, we are collaborating with Jasa Marga to ensure facilities such as lighting are in place to help us anticipate routes that have previously caused congestion,” Anggoro added. Meanwhile, the number of vehicles entering the DIY region today reached 2.2 million units. Cumulatively, the number of vehicles exiting is 1.2 million units. According to data from the DIY Smart Province Back Office, traffic flow at GT Purwomartani today has exceeded 1,000 vehicles per hour since 08:00-09:00 WIB. The number of vehicles has steadily increased, with the highest so far during the 13:00-14:00 WIB period, at 1,899 vehicles per hour. Cumulatively, from 06:00 WIB to 18:00 WIB, 16,527 vehicles have passed through GT Purwomartani. Straying to farm roads due to maps Meanwhile, the presence of the functionally opened GT during the 2026 Lebaran mudik and return flow has invited ‘confusion’. This is because returnees heading to the GT ended up straying along farm roads in Karang Kalasan, Tirtomartani, Kalasan, Sleman, since Tuesday afternoon. Based on observations, car after car was seen traversing the farm road area, specifically east of RSI PDHI. This route leads to Jalan Cangkringan, passing through residential areas and under-construction road sections towards GT Purwomartani. From Jalan Cangkringan, drivers still need a few hundred metres to reach Jalan Solo before accessing the entry to GT Purwomartani. Towards the evening, the queue of vehicles crossing this farm road grew longer. Local residents even had to water their front yards due to the dust from the many passing cars. Satrio, a resident of Jakarta, admitted he was directed by the Maps app until he finally reached the farmland area. “I’m heading back to Jakarta, going through here because I followed the maps and there were no officers directing earlier,” said Satrio when interviewed while still sitting in his car. Similarly, another returnee from Jakarta, Damar, expressed surprise when the asphalt road ended and turned into a dirt path. He just followed the Google Maps instructions. “Directed by Maps, so suddenly to the farm, I hesitated, but it was too late to turn back. The destination is indeed the toll road, from Jakarta, went home to Jogja and now heading back to Jakarta,” he said. Meanwhile, Haryono, a Sleman resident heading home to Surabaya, East Java, admitted he was directed through the farmland area because the situation on Jalan Solo—the access to GT Purwomartani from the national road—was already red, meaning congested. He entered the farm area after activating Maps from Tajem, Maguwoharjo, Depok. Then directed past the side of Candi Sambisari, Purwomartani, Kalasan. “Farm road, it’s as is, farm road, coy. Still dirt, not all even,” he said. One local resident, Ehsan Abdurrohman, said the situation of cars entering the farm and residential areas has been ongoing since Sunday (22/3). Just today, said the Karang Kalasan resident, hundreds of vehicles have passed in front of his house. Ehsan, along with several other residents, is helping direct drivers to Jalan Cangkringan, which he says is 100-200 metres from the Yogyakarta-Solo toll segment Prambanan-Purwomartani. “Very crowded, if not directed like this, it’s a pity, they could all get lost. This has decreased a bit, Sunday was the worst. Yesterday (Monday) up to thousands, today until the afternoon only hundreds,” he said. Ehsan and the other residents claim to be helping voluntarily and do not charge a single penny. “Yesterday until night, even those passing the farm road, until around seven [in the evening],” he added.