Scenic route
Argo Wilis
Bandung → Surabaya · Indonesia
Argo Wilis in pictures
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- Distance
- 696 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 10 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 66 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- Kereta Api Indonesia ↗
- Train
- Stainless-steel eksekutif rake
- Countries
- Indonesia
- In service since
- 1998
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The great trans-Java day train: curving around the Lebakjero horseshoe under Priangan’s volcanoes, then along the southern rice plains to Surabaya.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 12997762 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: KAI — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
How long is the Argo Wilis?
The Argo Wilis runs 696 km from Bandung to Surabaya.
How long does the Argo Wilis take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 10 h 30 min for the 696 km. That is an average of 66 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Argo Wilis?
Kereta Api Indonesia, with Stainless-steel eksekutif rake.
How old is the Argo Wilis?
The line has been in service since 1998. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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