KCIC records 11,000 passengers of Whoosh HSR on Saturday

Jakarta (ANTARA) – PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) on Saturday (October 21) recorded Whoosh’s highest prepare occupancy price with 11,329 passengers boarding this Jakarta-Bandung Excessive-Pace Railway in a day since its business operations had been commenced on October 17.

This prepare occupancy price (TOR) was achieved via 22 Whoosh journeys comprising 14 common journeys and eight extra journeys.

KCIC’s Basic Supervisor Company Secretary Eva Chairunisa in a press release on Sunday stated the common TOR of the Whoosh HSR on October 21, 2023, was recorded at 86 %. A few of the prepare occupancy charges reached greater than 95 % for sure routes and schedules.

The journey schedule with an occupancy price above 95 % was the Halim Station-Tegalluar Station at 16.45 native time and departures from Tegalluar Station and Padalarang Station at 16.45 native time.

Whereas schedules with the TOR above 90 % had been journeys from Halim Station at 06.40, 07.30, 08.45, 09.45, and 10.20 native occasions; and journeys from Tegalluar Station and Padalarang Station at 15.35 and 17.35 native occasions, Chairunisa defined.

In line with her, the rising variety of Whoosh passengers confirmed individuals’s excessive enthusiasm for boarding the high-speed prepare.

To anticipate the rising variety of bookings, KCIC has deliberate so as to add extra journeys to accommodate the demand.

Based mostly on ticket gross sales information, KCIC famous that the variety of passengers on Sunday was additionally nonetheless excessive, with 10,968 passengers had booked the tickets to varied routes with common occupancy reaching 83 % and a few journeys reaching 96 %, Chairunisa remarked.

With this excessive stage of public curiosity within the Whoosh HSR, she ensured that her social gathering would put together and enhance companies for passengers ranging from the stations’ ready rooms, counters, business areas, and through journey.

KCIC will even proceed to coordinate with the state-run railway firm, PT KAI, and different stakeholders to combine transportation modes for passengers persevering with their journeys from Cimahi, Bandung, and different locations.

“We admire and specific our gratitude for the excessive demand within the Whoosh HSR. We hope that it could actually proceed to be the primary option to journey from Jakarta to Bandung and vice versa,” she added.

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