Brawijaya (train)


Brawijaya is an Indonesian passenger train with executive and priority class service it is operated by Kereta Api Indonesia which between Gambir & Malang via Semarang Tawang & Blitar.
The train runs only once daily each way from Jakarta to Malang via Semarang & Blitar around in 12 hours, 2 minutes on afternoon schedule, also the Brawijaya train support for the Gajayana that which via Yogyakarta at evening schedule.

Branding

The name Brawijaya comes from the king of the same name that who ruled Majapahit Empire. Brawijaya is only known in the babad manuscripts and secondary sources created long after the fall of Majapahit and isn't known in primary historical evidence.

History

On 10 March 2021, the Brawijaya train was launched by KAI in Gambir station to assist the tasks of previously operating trains such as the Jayabaya train in the Semarang–Surabaya corridor, Majapahit train and Matarmaja train in the Semarang–Surakarta corridor where all three services are on the northern route of Java, and Gajayana in the Jakarta–Purwokerto–Malang corridor from the southern route of Java Island which is the main route of the corridor.
The Brawijaya train also indirectly replaced the position of the Bangunkarta train service which previously served the Surabaya Gubeng Station–Gambir Station route via the northern Java route with executive class, but the Bangunkarta train route was also shortened to Jombang Station and Pasar Senen Station and diverted to the southern Java route with executive and economy classes.
Upon arrival in Malang, the Brawijaya train set will be used for the Arjuno Express train service with the Malang–Surabaya Gubeng route and vice versa.
The Brawijaya train journey covers a distance of 881 km in about 12 hours 55 minutes and the Brawijaya train added a stop at Cikarang railway station starting 1 March 2022.
As of mid-May 2023, before the implementation of the train schedule, the Brawijaya train was transferred to Operational Area VIII Surabaya from Operational Area I Jakarta, and its trainsets were transferred to the Malang Train Depot. This was due to the arrival of two new trains in Gapeka 2023, namely the Argo Semeru and Pandalungan, both of which are under operational ownership of Jakarta Operational Area I.
Starting 3 May 2024, the Brawijaya train has been using the New Image light steel executive trainsets, inherited from the Sembrani. The Sembrani train has now acquired stainless steel trainsets from the Argo Bromo Anggrek.

List of stations

The Brawijaya train will support the Gajayana train that which via Yogyakarta, while the Brawijaya which via Semarang-Blitar.

Incident

On 23 October 2023, at 03.00 WIB, the Brawijaya train heading to hit a sand-laden truck at a level crossing in Gampengrejo District, Kediri Regency, East Java; precisely in the section between Papar and Kediri Stations on the Kertosono–Bangil railway line. Although there were no fatalities or injuries in the incident, the locomotive was damaged because it was caught in the truck. As a result of the incident, train traffic on the section between and Kediri was disrupted so that train Gajayana number 56 from Jakarta and Malabar number 122 from had to be diverted via the Kertosono–Wonokromo railway line in the Kertosono–Surabaya corridor and the branch line Tarik station–.