Pandalungan
passenger train service between Jakarta and Jember, Indonesia
Pandalungan train is an executive & priority class that operated by Kereta Api Indonesia in Java which between Gambir and Jember via Semarang Tawang and Surabaya Pasarturi.
The train offer 2x daily each way with morning and evening/night schedule around 919 km (571 mil) approximately 12 hours 47 minutes for this trip from Jakarta to Jember via Semarang and Surabaya.
The train was once the longest intercity train in Indonesia. However, the Pandalungan train's position as the 3rd longest passenger train route in Indonesia after the Blambangan Express as the longest intercity train in Indonesia, which was extended to Jakarta in July 2024, with a distance of 1,031 km (640 mil) connecting the eastern tip (Banyuwangi) and the capital of Indonesia, Jakarta and the Sangkuriang as the 2nd longest intercity train in the country, which from Bandung to Ketapang since May 2026 with a distance of 1,002 km (662 mil) connecting the eastern tip Banyuwangi and the capital of West Java, Bandung.
The previous record was held by the Krakatau train (Krakatoa train), Merak-Blitar round trip, with 965 km (599 mil) via the southern route of Java, making it the only train to ever traverse all provinces on the island of Java.
Origin
The name of Pandalungan comes from the assimilation or fusion of two distinct ethnicities and cultures, Javanese and Madurese, in the Oosthoek or Horseshoe region (the name for the eastern part of Java). Not only are languages and dialects intermingled, but so are the arts and cultural life of the people. The word "Pandalungan" means a large pot (large or expansive area) that accommodates many ethnic groups and gives rise to a unique new culture.
History
On 1 June 2023 following of the enactment of new train travel chart 2023, PT KAI launching of the Pandalungan train from Jakarta Gambir to Jember making as the longest intercity in Indonesia that before changed by Blambangan Express train which between Jakarta Pasar Senen & Ketapang that causing the Pandalungan downgrade to the 2nd longest intercity in Indonesia after the Blambangan Express. The trains used are from the Sembrani addition trainsets.
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