The Jakarta Post
Kereta Bogowonto: (tribunnews.com/willy widianto)An economy-class train plying Yogyakarta-Jakarta officially commenced operation on Thursday with the operators hailing it as the first of a new line of air-conditioned budget trains.
State railway company PT Kereta Api said the Bogowonto train had been launched to help meet the high demand for train services due to the increasing number of passengers over the last few years.
The train departs from Tugu station every day at 7:30 a.m. and arrives at Pasar Senen station in Jakarta at 4:00 p.m. The train then leaves on its return trip at 6:40 p.m. and arrives in Yogyakarta at 4:02 a.m.
A one-way ticket costs Rp 125,000 (US$13.75) per passenger.
“The train actually has been operating for a year but it previously departed from Kutoarjo,” said Sinung Tri Nugroho, PT Kereta Api’s official in charge of Yogyakarta R...