Railway ticket

Railway ticket scalping rife

From Warta Kota

Ticket scalpers are now operating at railway stations and reservation centers, as public demand is rising, particularly in the days approaching Idul Fitri when ticket supplies are limited.

Meanwhile, the system applied by the state railway company still enables widespread ticket scalping to take place. A variety of methods already employed to eliminate the practice have failed.

Boman, manager of the reservation center in Juanda, Jakarta, has admitted that it is difficult to eradicate ticket touting. The greater concern is that certain personnel of state railway company PT Kereta Api (PT KAI) may be involved in boosting the illegal sale of tickets.

It is perhaps necessary to seek a more sophisticated system to put an end to this practice. However, this would be at very high cost, while PT KAI is at present reportedly suffering considerable losses.

MURDIFI Jakarta