KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line (also called KRL Commuterline Yogyakarta–Solo, informally KRL Jogja–Solo, KRL Solo–Jogja or KRL Joglo), officially the Yogyakarta Commuter Line, is a

commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...

system in

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serving Greater

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and Greater

Surakarta Surakarta (Javanese script, Javanese: , Pegon script, Pegon: ), known colloquially as Solo (Javanese script, Javanese: ; ), is a major List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in Central Java, Indonesia. The city adjoins Karanganyar Reg ...

(Solo) in

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. Operated by

KAI Commuter PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (trading as KAI Commuter, abbreviated as KCI or KAIC) is a subsidiary of the Indonesian national railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) which manages commuter rail services. Initially founded as an operator of ...

, subsidiary of the national railway company

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(KAI), it is the first electric-powered commuter rail system in Indonesia outside of

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's Commuterline. The single-line system replaced Yogyakarta-Solo section of diesel-powered commuter rail

Prambanan Ekspres Prambanan Express Commuter Line () or simply Prambanan Express, commonly abbreviated as Pramex (in English) and Prameks (in Indonesian), is a commuter rail service that operates between Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta and Kutoarjo, Purw ...

(Prameks), also operated by KAI Commuter, on 10 February 2021.

History

Planning for an electric commuter rail system between Yogyakarta and Surakarta has been included in the 2030 National Railway Masterplan (Ripnas), compiled by Directorate General of Railways of Indonesian

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since 2011. According to the masterplan, electrification of the line has entered feasibility study, so construction can be carried out immediately in the future after the study was finished. The limited operation of Prameks, its old-age rolling stock and high ridership is also in consideration. As of 2015, KAI has targeted on Prameks daily ridership of approximately 7,000 passengers per day. The replacement of diesel-powered Prameks with an electric-powered one is expected to increase commuters mobility and support tourism in Yogyakarta–Surakarta region. In 2016, overhead catenary poles began to be stacked at Solo Jebres Station; since then the construction has stalled for about three years. The construction only continued starting early 2020, with the first poles being erected in Klaten Station. Starting January 2021, the system underwent series of tests, and became fully operational starting on 10 February 2021. As a consequence, Prameks route will be shortened from previously Solo Balapan-Kutoarjo into Yogyakarta-Kutoarjo vice-versa. The system was officially launched by President

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on 1 March 2021.

Operation

As of 2022, KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line serves 13 stations across Greater Yogyakarta and Greater Surakarta, with terminus at

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, and Palur Station. Some stations has rail and intermodal connection with Prambanan Ekspres, Batara Kresna railbus,

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and

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, as well as bus rapid transit systems (

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and

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) and bus terminals (Tirtonadi Bus Terminal in Surakarta and Ir. Soekarno Bus Terminal in Klaten). Passengers may purchase ticket using multiple trip card called ''Kartu Multi-Trip'' (KMT, "multitrip card"), bank-issued e-money cards (

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e-Money, BRI BRIZZI, BNI TapCash, and BCA Flazz are accepted) or QR code payment provided by e-wallet provider such as

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for a single-fare of Rp 8,000. KMT itself is priced at Rp 30,000 (including Rp 10,000 credit). Unlike its Greater Jakarta counterpart, the system never offered single-trip card.

Stations

Rolling stock

KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line is using sets of EA202 (i9000 KfW) series EMU for its operation. EA202 series was formerly used on KAI Commuter Tanjung Priok Line, then was fully refurbished by INKA for Yogyakarta Line usage. Two 4-car sets of JR 205 series (205-5000 series, set 9 & 32) was operated to overcome the shortage of EA202 sets, some of which at the time of EMU launch was still refurbished by INKA. As it became redundant by September 2022, KAI Commuter decided to send back these sets to Jakarta region. As per 2023, the JR 205 9+32 sets currently operated for Bogor Line only. Women only cars (''Kereta Khusus Wanita''/KKW, in Indonesian) are not present in KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line. On further note, KKW was once introduced in Prameks (on ex-Holec DEMU and MCW DHMU) but was later abolished.

References

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History

Operation

Stations

Rolling stock

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References