How Often Do Indonesians Take the Train? This is the Survey

Public enthusiasm for using trains for intercity travel remains relatively low. This phenomenon is evident from the latest survey results by the Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC).

The survey shows that the majority, or 65.1% of total respondents, admitted to using trains only 1-2 times a year.

This is followed by 17.7% of respondents who use trains 2-3 times a year.

Meanwhile, only 8.3% of respondents used trains for intercity travel 2-3 times a year. This is followed by 2.7% of respondents who used this public transportation 4-5 times a year.

Only 6.2% of respondents took intercity trips by train more than 5 times a year.

The Kurious-KIC survey was conducted on 1,504 respondents spread across Indonesia, consisting of 56.90% female respondents and 43.10% male respondents.

63.1% of respondents were located on the island of Java (excluding Jakarta), followed by respondents in DKI Jakarta (16.5%), and Sumatra (13%). The proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.2-3.7%.

Data collection was conducted from November 6-9, 2023, using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) method, with a margin of error of approximately 2.5% and a 95% confidence level.

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