Kurious-KIC Survey: Most Residents Find High-Speed Rail 'Whoosh' Ticket Prices Expensive
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The Indonesian government set the Jakarta-Bandung Whoosh high-speed train ticket price at Rp300,000 per trip in mid-October 2023. So, what do citizens think about this price?
According to a survey by Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC), the majority, or 49.6% of respondents, said that the Whoosh high-speed train ticket price is expensive.
Specifically, 35.4% of respondents said the ticket price was expensive, while 14.2% said it was very expensive.
However, 46.7% of respondents considered the ticket price for this mode of transportation to be reasonable or fairly balanced.
Meanwhile, 3.7% of respondents considered the Whoosh high-speed train ticket price to be cheap. The breakdown shows 1.9% said it was cheap, while 1.8% said it was very cheap.
PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC) extended the promotional price for the Jakarta-Bandung Whoosh high-speed train tickets as of December 2023. Tickets are priced at Rp200,000 per trip from Monday to Thursday, and Rp250,000 per trip from Friday to Sunday.
The Kurious-KIC survey involved 1,504 respondents with a distribution representing the demographic population in Indonesia, consisting of 59.90% female respondents and 43.1% male respondents.
The majority (63.1%) of respondents were from Java Island (excluding Jakarta), followed by respondents from DKI Jakarta (16.5%), and Sumatra Island (13%). The proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.2% to 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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