Harina Train

Harina Train

Indonesian Railways Company (PT.KAI) presents Harina Train as a public transportation service using railway based system between Pasar Turi Station and Bandung Hall Station. Harina Train is ready to serve passengers from Surabaya to Bandung (or vice versa) with 3 choices of fare class in every train, which are Executive, Business, and air-conditioned Economy class. Harina Train operates once per day, back and forth.

Harina Train passes Semarang Tawang Station or north lane on its way back, covering a distance of 541 kilometers at the speed of 55-100 kilometers per hour. Along the way, Harina Train stops on at least 9 stations excluding the stations where it is leaving and the destined station. Those 9 stations are Cikampek Station, Cirebon Station, Tegal Station, Pekalongan Station, Semarang Tawang Station, Ngrombo Station, Cepu Station, Bojonegoro Station, and Lamongan Station.

Harina Train is operating under PT.KAI Operation Area 2 Bandung. As a mixed classed train, Harina Train provides complete facilities such as AC, toilet, power plug, and luggage space above the passenger chair. Especially for the Executive Class, the most complete and comfortable facilities with adjusted back chair, arm hold, feet rest, reading lamp, and folded table for eating or working are offered. The Executive class also provides blanket and pillow for each passenger. For business and economy class, blankets and pillow are also available, with fares.

Harina Train leaves Pasar Turi Station at 16.30 and leaves Bandung Hall Station at 21.25. The ticket fares vary from Rp185.000-Rp450.000 per passenger. The ticket fare is determined by the class (Economy, Business, and Executive), sub-class (the seat position), ticket booking time, and the journey time.

Interesting Information about Harina Train

The Origin of the Name

Harina is a word from Sansekerta language, meaning “deer”. Deer is one of the lively animals that runs very fast and is considered having similar characteristics as Harina Train.

Train History

Harina Train prime operation was launched on Mei 20th 2003, using PT.INKA new train. At the initial launch, the train was still operating under Semarang Operational Area. The train was originally the successor of Mahesa Train which was serving Bandung-Semarang route. Mahesa Train was only operating for a short time because its route was not efficient and thus did not get positive responses from the passengers. Based on the Mahesa Train evaluation results, PT.KAI launched Harina Train, with a more efficient itinerary. On 2011, PT.KAI added a morning schedule on Harina Train timetable, but only going on for about 7 months because of the low occupancy. Entering March 2014, Harina Train Night and Morning timetable was rolled into one schedule and the route was elongated into Pasar Turi Surabaya Station.

Unique Itinerary

Harina Train is considered to have a unique route. The train does not passing the east of Bandung city as normally do by Argo Wilis Train, Turangga Train, and Mutiara Selatan Train. Instead of traversing the east side via Tasikmalaya, Banjar, Kroya, Kutoarjo, Yogyakarta, Solo, Madiun, Kertosono, Jombang, Mojokerto, and arrived at Gubeng; Harina Train passes through the west side via Cikampek. From Cikampek Station, the Harina Train locomotive will make a U-turn to the east, and then pass through Cirebon, Tegal, Pekalongan, Semarang, Ngrombo, Cepu, Bojonegoro, Lamongan, and the journey ends at Pasar Turi Surabaya Station. With this unique itinerary, Harina Train was going backward when going Cikampek-Bandung route.