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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Passengers in Jatinegara Station Increased

Entering college holidays, the amount of passengers in Jatinegara Station, East Jakarta, is increasing considerably compared to regular days. In fact, the rise reaches twenty %. If on regular days the full of passengers reached four.500-5.000 people, currently it will increase up to six.000 passengers. that's why passenger’s queues were typically seen in price tag counters these few days.

In general, the passengers in Jatinegara Station bought price tag of economy likewise as business categories to Yogyakarta, Solo, Cirebon, and Semarang. To anticipate passengers surge, station officers added one carriage of Cirebon specific Train that departs each Sunday at eight.40 PM.

Deputy Head of Jatinegara Station Weddy Hartono said that passengers surge has occurred since June twenty eight. Every day, there 6.000 passengers departed. "To overcome it, we tend to apply passenger restriction. It implies that if the seat capability is merely a hundred, the extra passenger allowed to face is fifty % most. When it's reached, the train price tag can't be printed automatically," he explained to beritajakarta.com, Monday (7/4).

This policy is applicable to economy category train. Meanwhile, the policy of further passenger for business category is merely most twenty five % of seats out there. Whereas for government category, the amount of passengers should be in accordance with the full of seats.

Weddy continued they even have provided 9 price tag counters to anticipate long queue of passengers. In Jatinegara Station itself, there are currently thirty eight trains of economy, business, and government category. And to make sure passenger’s security and convenience, there are thirty-nine officers operating in 2 shifts added with seven special for train cops. Jatinegara Station has conjointly put in four CCTVs placed at the doorway, main hall, and in front of the price tag counters.

Badriyah (40), one amongst the passengers, admitted she have bought tickets since 3 weeks ago so she and her 2 youngsters don't got to worry regarding not obtaining seats. Her destination is to Semarang and departs using Fajar Utama Semarang Train. “If I bought the tickets in sudden, i will be able to not get seats,” she expressed.

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