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History

Early period

The Malabar train first operated on 30 April 2010 and served passengers from Bandung to Malang and vice versa. At that time, this train served executive, business, and economy classes which were arranged in one train.

Extension to Jakarta

This train had its route extended to on 1 December 2019, but almost a year later the route of this train was returned to its original state.

Recent period

Since 1 June 2023, the business class has officially been removed from this train leaving two classes namely executive and economy, as well as the addition of a baggage carriage from the original one carriage to two baggage carriages. The morning schedule for this train was officially launched on 24 January 2024 from Bandung to Malang and a day later in the opposite direction. Initially, this schedule used train sets made of stainless steel, but since 13 May 2024 these trains have used mild steel trains which were previously used for Lodaya trains.

Route

Current

Notes: : Termini. : Night schedule only. : Morning schedule only. : Night schedule to Malang only. : Morning schedule to Malang only. : Morning schedule to Bandung only. : Except morning schedule to Bandung. : Except night schedule to Bandung.

Planned

Starting from 1 February, Malabar train will be stop at station below.

Incident

* On 4 April 2014, the Malabar Train overturned in

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, precisely around and , resulting in five deaths. The cause was a

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that caused some of the passenger carriages to fall into a ravine. * On 2 January 2016, there was a fire that hit two passenger trains from Malabar that were parked in , precisely in the locomotive workshop of the station. There were no fatalities in the incident. * On 29 October 2016, the Malabar train crashed into a truck carrying a backhoe in Karanganyar, precisely around the inactive Grompol Station. There were no fatalities in this incident, but the locomotive received major maintenance and caused delays for several trains crossing the line between Yogyakarta and Solo Balapan. * On 2 February 2019, the powertrain dining car coupled to the Malabar train derailed around and . Although this incident did not cause any fatalities, it resulted in the Mutiara Selatan and

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trains being held up in .

References

{{reflist 2010 establishments in Indonesia Passenger rail transport in Indonesia Railway services introduced in 2010 Transport in Java Transport in West Java Transport in East Java