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KAI Luncurkan Aplikasi Pemesanan Tiket di Android, BB, dan iPhone

Kompas.com - PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) kembali meluncurkan aplikasi pemesanan tiket via online dengan tambahan aplikasi di ponsel Android, IOS, dan ponsel lain. Sebelumnya, calon penumpang dapat memesan tiket secara online di www.kereta-api.co.id atau melalui aplikasi ponsel BlackBerry "Paditrain".

Aplikasi yang bernama KAI Access tersebut dapat diunduh secara gratis di Playstore, BlackBerry Application Word, dan App Store. Aplikasi ini diluncurkan demi memudahkan pengguna jasa kereta api dalam memesan tiket KA jarak jauh.

"Jadi, tidak usah dua kali datang ke stasiun. Ini memudahkan pengguna," kata Direktur Komersial PT KAI, Bambang Eko Martono, dalam acara peluncuran aplikasi KAI Access di lobi selatan Stasiun Gambir, Jakarta Pusat, Kamis (4/9/2014).

Dalam aplikasi itu, mereka menawarkan berbagai fitur, di antaranya Booking Ticket, Schedule, Booking Check, History, Profile, News, Maps, dan About.

"Aplikasi ini memudahkan user untuk melakukan pemesanan tiket dan juga memperoleh informasi seputar jadwal dan rute kereta api," ujar Bambang.

Cara mengaktifkannya pun mudah. Calon penumpang baru yang belum memiliki akun di KAI Access dapat melakukan registrasi dan memasukkan identitas diri, seperti nama, identitas lengkap, nomor ponsel, e-mail, dan password.

Nomor ponsel dan e-mail bertujuan untuk melakukan verifikasi apakah aplikasi tersebut sudah benar diunduh dengan identitas yang didaftarkan. Apabila verifikasi telah berhasil maka aplikasi langsung dapat digunakan.

"Dengan mengunduh aplikasi KAI Access di handphone menjadikan loket serasa di genggaman, seperti slogan KAI 'Beli tiket semudah update status'," tulis KAI dalam keterangannya.

Railroad Attacked For Ordering Children Off Trains

Germany's national railway company has come under fire from passenger groups after inspectors ordered children off trains because they did not have the right tickets.

Deutsche Bahn has apologized for the embarrassing incidents that made headlines across the country.

In the fourth such expulsion in three weeks, a 12-year-old schoolgirl was made to leave a train an hour's ride from home because she could not pay a 40 euro ($50) fine.

"It is purely foolish to react in such a way," said Karl-Peter Naumann, director of the passenger organization Pro Bahn. "Banishing them from the train is inhumane and causes unnecessary problems."

German newspapers had already condemned Deutsche Bahn on Tuesday after a 14-year-old was told to leave a train because her ticket was only valid later in the day.

Earlier, a 13-year-old and a 12-year-old were also forced to leave trains. One child had to carry her cello 5 km (3 miles) home in the dark while the other was left on a platform with no money or mobile phone.

Wednesday, Deutsche Bahn said all ticket inspectors would have to sign an agreement promising not to banish children from trains if traveling alone.

"Everybody should know that it is unacceptable to throw children off the train," a spokesman told the TAZ daily.