Pasundan Train

Pasundan Train

From the name, it is safe to say that the Pasundan train travels from or to the city of Bandung. The Indonesian Railways Company presents the Pasundan train as a rail-based mass transportation for Bandung to Surabaya route. This economy-class train specifically serves trip through the corridors of Bandung Kiaracondong Station and Surabaya Gubeng Station. Pasundan train's trip from Bandung to Surabaya, or vice versa, is 690 kilometers. The trip will take 15 to 16 hours, with train speeds between 60 to 100 kilometers per hour. The travel is only available for one time each day for a returned-trip. Pasundan train departs from Bandung Kiaracondong Station at dawn, precisely at 05:35. The trip will take approximately 16 hours 7 minutes, and scheduled to arrive at 21:42 in Surabaya Gubeng Station. Meanwhile, the departure from Surabaya Gubeng Station is available at 8:10 a.m. and is scheduled to arrive at 23:25 in Bandung Kiaracondong Station, after traveling for 15 hours and 15 minutes. Like a train with AC Economy class service, Pasundan offers an affordable ticket rate. It applies flat fare—Rp94.000 per passenger. With the affordable price, the passengers can take a long-haul express train with adequate facilities. The facilities available in Pasundan train include at least two air-conditioning units and one toilet on each passenger car, two electrical sockets for every four-seat, as well as a paid meal service in the dining car or through the help of the train attendants. Pasundan train provides a permanent seat with synthetic leather that is facing each other by setting two seats on the right and two seats on the left. Also, there is a luggage room at the top of the seat. The Pasundan train stops at more than 20 stations in one trip. Those stations are Surabaya Gubeng, Wonokromo, Mojokerto, Jombang, Nganjuk, Caruban, Madiun, Walikukun, Station Sragen, Purwosari, Klaten, Lempuyangan, Wates, Kutoarjo, Gombong, Maos, Sidareja, Banjar, Ciamis, Cipeundeuy, Cibatu, and Kiaracondong Bandung railway station.

Interesting Info about Pasundan Train

The Origin of The Name

The name of Pasundan is taken from a familiar term among the people of West Java. The term "pasundan" is known as a typical nickname in West Java province which has native Sundanese culture. The name is expected to make the passengers who want to come or leave the capital of West Java Province feel proud.

The History of The Train

Officially, Pasundan train serves the passengers since Eid in 1997. The launching is aimed to assist Badrasurya train. Subsequently, the Indonesian Railways Company—was known as Perumka—simplifies the service by discontinuing Badrasurya train and replacing it with Pasundan train. This simplified service starts in 1997, also marking the birth of Pasundan train. Today, the popularity of Pasundan train is higher among football supporters of Surabaya (Bonek).

The Train Set

Pasundan is an economy class train with a Locomotive CC203 puller. The locomotive pulls the main train set consisting of 6-7 AC economy wagons, one dining car, one power car, and one baggage car. For every wagon in the economy class train, Pasundan has a capacity of 106 seats.