The iE305 series, also known as CLI-225 series, is an

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(EMU) commuter train type operated by

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. This EMU is designed and manufactured by

Industri Kereta Api PT Industri Kereta Api (Persero), abbreviated as INKA, is an Indonesian state-owned rolling stock manufacturer. History INKA Ltd was established in by the Indonesian government in May 1981 to serve as the national rail locomotive and rollin ...

(INKA) in

Madiun Madiun () is a city in the western part of East Java, Indonesia, known for its agricultural center. The city has been administratively separate from the surrounding Madiun Regency since the formation of the two bodies in 1950, but the city remain ...

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, in collaboration with

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(J-TREC). This EMU uses technical specifications determined by the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia. This

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uses components of domestic and foreign production. In the electrical and equipment section, it uses components produced by . As for the braking system, it uses components produced by Nabtesco. The iE305 series has a formation of 12 cars on each trainset.

History

and PT INKA signed a contract for the production of 16 trainsets or 192 units of the iE305 series on March 9, 2023. The delivery of the entire iE305 series will be carried out in stages from 2025 to 2027. The first trainset of the iE305 series was completed in early 2025. From March 10 to March 12, 2025, initial testing was conducted at the INKA factory in Madiun. On March 17, 2025, the first trainset of the iE305 series was delivered from the INKA factory in Madiun to the Solo Jebres EMU Depot. Just a day before on March 16, 2025, the EMU was for the first time went outside the factory area and was exhibited to journalists at

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. The Solo Jebres EMU Depot is a EMU Depot owned by the DJKA Railway Maintenance Center and managed by KAI Commuter. The delivery of each trainset is carried out in two stages, with each stage consisted of six cars and was pulled by a locomotive accompanied by several units of unmanned passenger cars to help with braking. In the afternoon of March 18, 2025, the EMU underwent a short test run around Solo Jebres station. This short test run was carried out for the

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to adapt to the train controls. In the early hours of March 19, 2025, the iE305 series for the first time underwent a full speed test at 120 km per hour on the Solo Jebres- Lempuyangan section of the Yogyakarta Line. Later in the afternoon, the test run continued on the Solo Jebres-

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section. The test run was carried out by INKA, KAI Commuter and PT Surveyor Indonesia as consultants. On April 16, 2025, the first trainset continued its delivery from Solo Jebres Depot to

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EMU Depot via

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, following the trial run on the Yogyakarta Line. On April 21, 2025, along with the

SFC120-V series The SFC120-V series, also known as CLI-125 series, is an electric multiple unit (EMU) manufactured by CRRC Qingdao Sifang in Qingdao, Shandong, China for the Indonesian commuter railway operator KAI Commuter. The EMU is planned to be operated by ...

, the iE305 series was sent from Depok EMU Depot to Manggarai Station in preparation for the event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first railway electrification in Indonesia on the next day. On April 22, 2025, the iE305 series was exhibited at

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, alongside the ESS 3200 class,

and various other EMUs. After previously being exhibited, the first trainset of the iE305 series began to continue its trial run in Jabodetabek. The trial run began on the Bogor Line on Sunday night, April 27, 2025. The trial was conducted by KAI Commuter together with and Nabtesco. These trials follow the guidelines of the Ministry of Transportation Number 49 of 2023 concerning Standards, Test Procedures, and Certification of the Feasibility of Normal Speed Trains with Self-Driving. The tests consist of Design and Engineering Tests, Static Tests and Dynamics Tests.

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File:KAI Commuter INKA-JTREC trial-run.png, iE305 series during trial run on the Yogyakarta Line. File:KRL Baru PT. INKA EA205 Mulai Uji Coba.jpg, iE305 series EMU departing from Solo Jebres station. File:Ujicoba Beban KRL INKA seri iE305.jpg, iE305 series conducting a load test entering line 9 of Manggarai Station File:KRL INKA seri EA207 (CLI-225) in Kampungbandan station (cropped).jpg, iE305 series entering Kampung Bandan station. File:CLI-225 series VVVF inverter.jpg, A RG6061-A-M type propulsion inverter made by . File:CLI-225 series Motor Bogie.jpg, A MB1122 motor bogie File:CLI-225 series Trailer Bogie.jpg, A TB1622 trailer bogie

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