To improve its services, PT Transportasi Jakarta (Transjakarta) will impose e-ticket in all TransJakarta bus corridors starting January 1, 2015. At this time, only several corridors imposed the use of e-ticket.

Later, all 12 corridors will use e-ticket. There will be no more paper ticket

“Later, all 12 corridors will use e-ticket. There will be no more paper ticket,” stated PT Transjakarta President Director, Antonius NS Kosasih, at City Hall, Wednesday (7/16).

There are six banks joined in to provide the e-cards. Those banks are DKI Bank, Mandiri, Rakyat Indonesia Bank (BRI), Negara Indonesia Bank (BNI), Central Asia Bank (BCA), and Mega Bank.

According to Kosasih, the implementation of e-ticket will be done gradually starting upcoming August. Now, his party and the six banks are still preparing for the supporting facilities, like top-up device. The device is provided because all this time the passengers are reluctant to use e-ticket because there was no such a thing provided to reload their e-cards.

At this time, there are only 12 bus stops which have imposed e-ticket policy, such as PGC, Blok M, and Tamini. This amount is very small compared to the total amount of 220 TransJakarta bus stops spread in 12 corridors.

Based on the data of TransJakarta Management Unit (UP), until now there are only 77,000 passengers use e-tickets, or 22 percent of total 350,000 passengers who use TransJakarta bus every day. There are two types of e-card sold, namely Rp 20,000 with credit in it Rp 20,000, and Rp 50,000 with credit worth also Rp 50,000.