Singasari (train)

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Singasari
PapanKeretaApi Singasari 2022.svg
Singasari Madiun.jpg
Singasari train left from Madiun, 2019
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
StatusOperational
LocaleOperational Area VII Madiun
PredecessorKrakatau train (2013–2017)
First service17 July 2017
Current operator Kereta Api Indonesia
Route
Termini Pasar Senen
Blitar
Distance travelled828 kilometres (514 miles)
Average journey time13 hours 14 minutes
Service frequencydaily each way
Train number149-150
On-board services
Classes economy and executive
Seating arrangements
  • 50 seats arangged 2-2 (executive class)
  • 80 seats arranged 2-2 (economy class)
Catering facilitiesOn-board cafe and trolley service
Technical
Rolling stock CC206/CC203/CC201
Track gauge 1,067 mm
Operating speed81.5–100 kilometres per hour (50.6–62.1 mph)

Singasari is an passenger train with both executive and economy class seating operated by Kereta Api Indonesia running between Pasar Senen and Blitar via Purwokerto and Madiun.

Contents

The journey is around 828 km (514  mil) long and takes 13 hours and 14 minutes. [1]

Branding

The name "Singasari" comes from the name of the kingdom of Siwa Buddha in the province of East Java in 1222. In addition, the name "Singasari" is taken from a sub-district in Malang Regency, Singasari Sub-district.

History

Introduction

Before this train there was a service which served the Malang-Jakarta route via the northern route (the Senja Singosari train, with business class service), but this was discontinued on 21 September 2012 due to low demand. It was replaced by the Majapahit train. On 19 August 2016, the Singosari Express train operated on the Surabaya Gubeng-Malang route with business class service of the Mutiara Selatan series which was idle in Surabaya City, but the operation of the Singosari Express train was stopped on 25 September 2016 after 36 days due to low demand, and the route was continued by the Arjuno Express and the Jayabaya train on the Pasar Senen–Surabaya Pasar Turi–Malang route.

Inauguration of the Singasari train

The Singasari train is the result of cutting the relationship from Krakatau Express, previously the longest route in 2013, Merak–Purwokerto–Madiun then extended to Kediri on 10 November 2013 and then extended again to Blitar on 1 April 2017. On 17 July 2017 due to low passenger occupancy on the Pasar Senen–Merak route since the Rangkasbitung Commuter Line as of 1 April 2017 and also to optimize the train set, replaced with Merak Local train (Rangkasbitung–Merak). At the start of operations, this train had only economy plus class, like its predecessor. As of 1 November 2018, the train began serving executive class .

On 1 June 2023, following the enactment of the new train timetable, the Singasari train exchanged train sets with the Bangunkarta train, due to the similarity in the economy train used (modified economy trains). This train exchange also aims to shorten the train's rest time at Pasar Senen Station. In connection with the change in the Argo Merbabu set to get a handover train set from Argo Sindoro/Argo Muria with the new image executive class type, starting 19 July 2025 H+2 after the anniversary, the Singasari train (along with Bangunkarta train) will use a handover train set from the 2016/2017 new image light steel train set.

Station

Here's route of the Singasari train: [2]

Incident

References

  1. ↑ "KA Singasari: Jelajah Jawa, Gerakkan Ekonomi dari Jakarta hingga Blitar" (in Indonesian).
  2. ↑ "Jadwal KA Singasari Terbaru 2025" (in Indonesian).
  3. ↑ "Honda HR-V Tertabrak KA Singasari di Blitar, 1 Orang Tewas" (in Indonesian).
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