High-speed route
Whoosh
Jakarta → Bandung · Indonesia
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Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway: volcano views at 350 km/h across the Parahyangan highlands.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 16113799 — 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: KCIC — 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 Whoosh?
The Whoosh runs 142 km from Jakarta to Bandung.
How long does the Whoosh take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 47 min for the 142 km. That is an average of 181 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 350 km/h.
Who runs the Whoosh?
KCIC.
How old is the Whoosh?
The line has been in service since 2023. 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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