Airlangga (train)


Airlangga is an passenger train with the economy class that is operated by Kereta Api Indonesia which between Pasar Senen & Surabaya Pasarturi. The Airlangga train offer 1x travel at night schedule around 719 km in 12 hours 23 minutes.
As a train whose fares are subsidized by the Government or PSO, the fares for this train range from Rp. 49,000 – Rp. 104,000 was depending on the distance traveled by passengers.

Branding

The name Airlangga is taken from the name of the king who ruled East Java in the 11th century, King Airlangga. He was the founder of the Kingdom of Kahuripan which later split into the Kingdom of Jenggala and Kingdom of Kadiri.

History

The Airlangga train was launched on 1 October 2021 at Pasar Senen. The inauguration was carried out by the Director of Human Resources and General Affairs of KAI, Agung Yunanto, accompanied by the Director of Traffic and Railway Transportation Directorate General of Railways Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia|Ministry of Transportation, Danto Restyawan.
The Airlangga train is the successor to two previous train services on the northern route of Java Island, namely the Maharani train on the Semarang Poncol–Surabaya Pasarturi Station route and the Tegal Express train on the Tegal Station–Pasar Senen Station route. The Airlangga train carries eight economy class passenger cars with 106 seats facing each other. The Airlangga train also receive subsidies from the government as the part of public service obligations.
On 1 March 2022, the Airlangga train adding destination at Cikarang and Arjawinangun Station, this caused the train numbers to change to 7049A and 7050A. As of 1 June 2023, along with the implementation of Gapeka 2023, the Airlangga train was changed its train numbers to 235 and 236.

List of the Station

Here's the Airlangga train route was cheap price because the passenger train selecting the cheaper train from Jakarta to Surabaya.