Argo Merbabu

Argo Merbabu

Argo Merbabu 26 arrived at Semarang Tawang, 2025
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Operational
First service	1 June 2023
Current operator(s)	Kereta Api Indonesia
Route
Termini	Gambir Semarang Tawang Bank Jateng
Distance travelled	440 km (273 mil)
Average journey time	5 hours 18 minutes
Service frequency	3x daily each way
Train number(s)	23-28
On-board services
Class(es)	executive
Seating arrangements	50 seats arranged 2-2 (executive class)
Catering facilities	On-board cafe and trolley service
Technical
Rolling stock	CC206
Track gauge	1067 mm
Operating speed	80 km/h (50 mph) to 120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

Argo Merbabu is a passenger train operated by Kereta Api Indonesia which runs between Gambir and Semarang Tawang Bank Jateng. There are three trains a day covering the 440 km (273 mil) in 5 hours 18 minutes.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

On 1 June 2023 following the enactment of new train travel chart 2023, PT KAI launching of the Argo Merbabu with executive "New Image" that connecting between Jakarta Gambir & Semarang Tawang. This route is the same with the Argo Muria & Sindoro, but difference facilities of them, for this trip around 5 hours 59 minutes at the time and now starting in July, this train operates regularly with trains departing from Semarang in the morning and vice versa in the afternoon.

The Argo Merbabu is the successor to the Semarang-Jakarta route service which since 2017 has been operating with "Additional Train" status, namely the Additional Argo Sindoro.

On 10 December 2024, the Argo Merbabu which originally used a series of light steel production in the 1995s and 2002s, was replaced with a series of light steel production in 2016 and 2017 (known as new image) which is an legacy of the Pandalungan Gambir–Jember connection via the northern route of Java, because the Pandalungan train already has a series of stainless steel from the Bima and Argo Semeru which from Gambir to Surabaya Gubeng.

After Argo Sindoro and Argo Muria received the latest generation stainless steel train made by PT INKA, the Argo Merbabu train got a series from Argo Sindoro and Argo Muria.

List of stations

On 1 February 2025 following the enactment of new train travel chart 2025, the Argo Merbabu use the stainless steel with 3x daily each unlike with the Argo Muria & Sindoro that alternating with each other. But, the Argo Merbabu also support for the Argo Muria & Argo Sindoro. ^[1]

• Semarang Tawang Bank Jateng (Start/End)
• Pekalongan
• Pemalang
• Tegal
• Cirebon
• Bekasi
• Jatinegara
• Gambir (Start/End)

See also

• Argo Muria
• Argo Sindoro

References

1. "Jadwal Kereta Api Argo Merbabu" (in Indonesian).