Night train route
Bima
Jakarta → Surabaya · Indonesia
Indonesia’s original air-conditioned night train (1967): the “Biru Malam” still slips out of Jakarta at dusk and glides past Yogyakarta before dawn.
- Distance
- 825 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 12 h
- Average speed
- 69 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmGambir +4
- 7 kmJatinegara
- 214 kmCirebon +3
- 345 kmPurwokerto +2
- 372 kmKroya +3
- 420 kmKebumen +2
Show 4 more stations
- 448 kmKutoarjo +2
- 511 kmYogyakarta +4
- 571 kmSolo Balapan +4
- 668 kmMadiun +2
- 715 kmNganjuk +1
- 737 kmKertosono +2
- 752 kmJombang +1
- 777 kmMojokerto +1
- 821 kmSurabaya Gubeng +2
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 18067943: 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 4 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
Questions and answers
How long is the Bima?
The Bima runs 825 km from Jakarta to Surabaya.
How long does the Bima take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 12 h for the 825 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Bima?
Kereta Api Indonesia, with Eksekutif night rake.
How old is the Bima?
The line has been in service since 1967. 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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