Jakarta LRT Has Served 10mn Passengers Since Launch in August Last Year

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta, Bogor, Depok and Bekasi Light Rail Transit or Jabodebek LRT has served 10,169,356 passengers since its official operation at the end of August 2023. The average daily ridership, most of which occurs on weekdays, is 45,287 passengers, while the remaining 29,592 passengers are recorded as weekend riders.

"We thank the public for their trust and loyalty in choosing Jabodebek LRT as their daily mode of transportation," Jabodebek LRT PR manager Mahendro Trang Bawono said in a written statement on Wednesday, May 8.

Mahendro said the record for the highest ridership in a single day of operation was on May 6, 2024 with 69,706 riders. Meanwhile, the month with the highest number of passengers was April 2024 with 1,402,933.

Four stations of Jabodebek LRT that served the most passengers as of April 2024 are Dukuh Atas Station, Harjamukti Station, Kuningan Station and Cikoko Station. He said there were at least 1,301,445 people who used the services of the four stations.

According to Mahendro, KAI is committed to improve the Jabodebek LRT services further. "For example, by adding more runs so that the waiting time between trains or headways are shorter, only 5.5 minutes during rush hour on the Cawang-Dukuh Atas route," he said.

Jabodebek LRT continues to carry out maintenance on its facilities and improve safety, both on trains and at stations, for the comfort of users.

"We hope that by improving all aspects of service, we can provide the best service to users and increase public interest in using Jabodebek LRT," Mahendro said.

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