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PT KA to Remove Travel KA Parahyangan

Liputan6.com, Bandung: PT Kereta Api to delete the entire trip schedule Parahyangan majors KA Bandung-Jakarta from 27 April. "PT KA only operate one type of railway executives for the Jakarta-Bandung corridor KA Argo Gede," said Vice President of Marketing Transport, Husein Nurroni in Bandung, West Java, Friday (16 / 4).

According Nurroni, the abolition of all decisions Parahyangan train travel schedule made after long study and has been tested with the discount rate, but the result is still lower that the passenger occupancy below 50 percent. The low occupancy KA Parahyangan it applies both to departure Bandung and Jakarta. KA was only full on week end only.

In the corridor a short distance Bandung-Jakarta is indeed a longer travel time than the toll Cipularang, even during the hours of peak hour travel time of trains is still superior. "To change that schedule, PT KA will perform rescheduling for KA Argo Gede, if necessary, with discount rates at certain hours. Argo Gede serving passengers in Cimahi, Padalarang, Purwakarta, Bekasi and Jatinegara," he said.

After doing the rescheduling will be additional trains rangkana business at certain hours to accommodate business-class passengers on the train Parahyangan. Meanwhile, a series KA Parahyangan it will be used to perform expansion by operating KA-Malabar Bandung Malang began 30 April 2010 to meet the needs of consumers in line. (FRI / Ant)