Indonesia’s slightly strange LUXURY train is great...

Today I'm making a visit to Indonesia, and trying out one of their many Eksekutif Luxury trains! But there are quite a few strange things about the journey, so join me as we take a look. :)

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Journey Details:
Origin: Jakarta Gambir
Destination: Yogyakarta
Company: Kereta Api Indonesia
Train: KAI CC206 + INKA K1 2018 Stainless Steel Carriages
Accommodation: Eksekutif Luxury Recliner (1st+)
Distance: 512 kilometres / 318 miles
Price: 1,135,000 Rp (£59.10 / €69.10 / $74.40)
Time: 6 hours 8 minutes, arrived on-time

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[rakandzakwan]

10:43 the crew on the roof of the train was filling up water for the toilet. The water are stored in the water tank on the train roof so the water can flow with gravity to the toilet and the tap.
16:25 That's rigid catenary. The reason why the Yogyakarta station use rigid catenary is because the limited space due to the roof of the platform.

Anyway, congrats for the experience of the train. Well done video as expected.

[apufirdous]

The way you pronounce "Indomaret, Gondangdia, Jatinegara, manggarai" is on point 🌹

[astawijaya]

this channel had big impact to the viewers, and of course many other channel to tried out indonesian railway. this video is straight up perfection

[thefastudio]

Argo dwipangga's recently using new trainset, launched at end of 2023 and start operating this january. Now the trains carried 3 luxury coach instead of one, and of course more comfortable & improved quality.

[letshighfive]

keep in mind average salary in this country are somewhat low, so everyone who taking this train is considered as prestigious & respected.

[fooxybooy]

6.8K views in just 15 hours? dont miss the opportunity to have more indonesian railway reviews! you can try more type or service like BIMA's new generation carriage called "the compartment suites". one of the most prestigious service in PT KAI line

[andrisaputra]

with that price, you can buy an entry level phone. that shows a lot about country's average financial capabilities

[ilhamrj]

13:17, , , a lil bit of correction here… Indonesian didnt get to choose the narrow gauge of 1067. It was decided by the Dutch East Indies government.😅

Thus the standard stays until today, some newer train line in Sulawesi already use wider gauge.

[bilalsatria]

Trains are named after figures mentioned in the video:
10:12 Ciremai, travels from Semarang Tawang (recently added Bank Jateng for sponsorship reason) via Cirebon - Cikampek route to Bandung (hall) station, in executive and new image economy class.
15:02 Serayu, travels from Purwokerto to (Jakarta) Pasar Senen, but instead via Cirebon, they are travel via Kroya - Bandung - Cikampek line with 106 seats of economy class (we like to called it knee battling seats or kursi adu dengkul). The reason of these seats are because serayu (and several full 106 seats economy class) is subsidized by indonesian government.
These trains are very worthy to travel with it, especially morning Ciremai journey, because you can enjoy sea and mountain sceneries in one trip. Thanks for the honest review about our national railway!

[kilantravels]

Everything has been said by the other commenters, so I just want to comment on how much I appreciate your attempt at pronouncing all those Indonesian names the right way when you don’t speak the language. You even know how to pronounce the C’s as “ch”; pronounce some of the E’s as schwa; and roll the R’s, not even people from neighboring Malaysia know how to do these. You must have done a great deal of research for this video. 👍 As a bonus, you even pronounce the name “Yogyakarta” the proper way when most of us Indonesians would just say “Jogja” instead 😁

BTW apparently “Dwipangga” means “two mountains” and this refers to the two iconic volcanoes of Merapi and Merbabu in the region.

[sadamandri]

this is one of many more great luxury service in KAI, you have to try BIMA's compartment suites, now thats a real flagship service in entire country

[KatMarBax]

“Soggy omelette sandwich and two sad looking sausages” 😭😭😭

[Robert-eqg]

I lived in Java, Indonesia for 8 years and first made the train trip you document in 1971. It was not luxurious then and took longer, arriving in the middle of the night. Certainly better now. Great video. Thanks.

[mariohasudungan]

We have improved alot since 2012, before 2012 it was a hell of the ride
For the food yes it was sad food, if wanna have good meal yo have to chose night ride
But now the meal is better since the carriage of argo dwipangga has been change to newer one on december 2023 following the other 1st class train such as argo lawu, taksaka/borobudur train, and argo bromo

[cauthelia]

That's a CC206 looks great in the opening

At minute 10:50
The staff is refilling water supply for the carriage
It's common for them to do that in the Cirebon Station for long journey train

[kr]

Nice one! Indonesia is sometimes overlooked, but the country seemed very clean and modern, and the scenery was spectacular. I really liked the bright green architecture of Stasiun Gambir.

[sioptimumpride]

you should try BIMA's comparment suites class! you will surprised! great to see our railway at your reviews, we loves it sooo much!

[Helmyiansyah]

please do more reviews about indonesian railways! you've should try BIMA's new gen 1 compartment class, it has fantastic features and comfort! from gambir to surabaya gubeng!

[matrixsparkling]

pleaseee make a review in BIMA's new compartment carriage! you will surprised with the ride quality & luxuriousness!

[faturrizki]

our railway has more luxurious service throughout the java island, so you can explore more and more! one of the service are BIMA's new compartment suite class, you should try it! its a worth for its price!