Friday, September 3, 2010

Buses Begin Flocking around Merak and Bakauheni Ports




Bakauheni (News Today) - In the runnup to post-fasting Lebaran holidays next week, the number of buses from the Merak port of Banten to Bakauheni port of Lampung began to increase Thursday night and early Friday. Operational Manager of PT Indonesia Ferry for Bakauheni, Zalili Anas, said on Friday that passenger buses from a number of cities in Java dominated the flow of arriving buses at the port.

The increase in the number of passenger buses reached 20 percent from that on the normal days and some of the buses were intercity/inter-province buses, he said. In the meantime, the number of departing buses from Bakauheni port to Merak also increased but it was smaller than the number of buses coming from Merak.

However, he could not provide figures on the arriving and departing buses at the port, saying most of travelers came from Java. "Most of the travelers were people coming from Sumatra but working in Java," Zailis said.

He said that although the flow of buses had began to increase, the port still operated roll-on roll-off ferries with about 20 departures per day. Since Thursday, night the number of trucks had also showed increasing trend. Most of the trucks came from Merak.

He said that his office still allowed trucks to passed on the port. "We will give priority to passenger buses when the flow had began to significantly increase," he said. Merak in the western tip of Java and Bakauheni in the eastern tip of Sumatra are among the busiest ports catering ferry services for travelers during the Idul Fitri holiday travelers.

Millions of seasonal passengers travel to their home town to have family reunions during the annual post-fasting Lebaran holidays. During the Idul Fitri holiday season last year, the number of home-bound travelers reached about 27.25 million, of which 16.2 million used various public transportation modes while the remaining 11.2 million used private cars and motorcycles.

Source : kompas

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