Taksaka

Java’s flagship day train links the capital and the sultan’s city in six hours, skirting volcanoes beyond Cirebon and Purwokerto.

Named after a serpent king of Javanese legend, the Taksaka has been KAI’s flagship Jakarta–Yogyakarta day train since 1999 and now runs with stainless-steel New Generation stock. It clears the Cirebon coastal plain, curls through the Serayu valley beneath Slamet volcano, then skirts the Menoreh hills into the sultan’s city in just over six hours. Panoramic-window coaches join selected departures.

Stations

1. 0 kmGambir
2. 214 kmCirebon
3. 345 kmPurwokerto
4. 371 kmKroya
5. 419 kmKebumen
6. 511 kmYogyakarta

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.

Along the way

• Jakarta’s Gambir station beside Merdeka Square
• Cirebon coastal plain
• Slamet volcano views near Purwokerto
• Serayu river valley
• Yogyakarta’s Tugu heritage quarter

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 17996125 — 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 Taksaka?

The Taksaka runs 512 km from Jakarta to Yogyakarta.

How long does the Taksaka take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h 5 min for the 512 km. That is an average of 84 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Taksaka?

Kereta Api Indonesia, with KAI New Generation stainless-steel executive & luxury coaches.

How old is the Taksaka?

The line has been in service since 1999. 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.

How often does the Taksaka run?

3× daily each way.

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