History
The Jatiluhur and Walahar Commuter Line can connect to Jakarta using commuter line Cikarang and to Bandung to Garut using Garut commuter line. On 1 January 2021, the Walahar and Jatiluhur Commuter Line started routes that previously served the Purwakarta or Cikampek route to Tanjung Priok.
Beginning on 1 April 2022, the Walahar and Jatiluhur commuter line, then managed by PT Kereta Api Indonesia, were transferred to KAI Commuter.
On 1 June 2023, following the enactment of train travel chart 2023, both services changed their name from local trains to commuter lines along with schedule adjustments. [1]
Walahar
The name Walahar is taken from the name of the dam located in Walahar, Klari, Karawang, West Java.
Previously, train service between Jakarta Kota & Purwakarta was called Lokal Purwakarta and Patas Purwakarta which first operated in the early 1970s under Indonesian Railway Company (PJKA). Initially, the train used diesel locomotizes which were replaced by diesel-electric locomotives. In 2017, these trains were renamed Walahar Ekspres and Cilamaya Ekspres. However, in Gapeka 2019, the Cilamaya Ekspres train journey merged into Walahar Ekspres.
Jatiluhur Commuter Line
This train was once known as the Cikampek Local for the Cikampek–Jakarta Kota Station route. In 2017, the train was renamed Jatiluhur Ekspres, and the journey, which previously ended in Jakarta Kota, was moved to Tanjung Priuk Station after optimization by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) for commuter line (KRL Commuter Line) services in Jakarta Kota. The train runs alongside the Walahar Ekspres train for the extension to Purwakarta Station.
The name Jatiluhur is taken from the name of the reservoir located in Jatiluhur, Purwakarta, Purwakarta Regency, West Java.
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