Rajabasa Train

Rajabasa Railway is a rail-based mass transportation services presented by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) with economy class AC, especially for the Palembang-Bandar Lampung travel route. The journey by Rajabasa Railway uses the main corridor of Palembang Kertapati Station and Tanjung Karang Station Bandar Lampung. The cross-city travel across this province has a distance of 389 kilometers. The Rajabasa Railway uses a towing locomotive that has an operating speed of between 55 and 90 km per hour. Thus, the journey from Kertapati Station to Tanjung Karang Station (or vice versa) will take approximately 9.5 to 10 hours.

PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) has handed over Rajabasa Railway management to Regional Division 3 Palembang and Regional Division 4 Tanjung Karang. The train with a maximum capacity of 636 passengers provides one trip every day, both for departure and arrival. For travelling from Palembang, Rajabasa Railway will depart from Tanjung Karang Station at 08.30. The duration of the journey is approximately 10 hours, so passengers will arrive at Kertapati Station by 7:30 pm. Conversely, for the journey from the city of Tanjung Karang, the train will depart at 08.30 and will arrive at Tanjung Karang Station at 18:15, after the journey which takes about 9 hours 45 minutes. Regarding this service, Rajabasa Railway stops at approximately ten stations. The main stations are Rejosari Station, Tegineneng Station, Bekri Station, Sulusuban Station, Kotabumi Station, Negararatu Station, Tulungbuyut Station, Blambanganumpu Station, Waytuba Station, Martapura Station, Baturaja Station, Peninjawan Station, Prabumulis Station and Lembak Station.

The Rajabasa Railway is a PSO Economy class train. That is, this train gets government subsidies. Ticket prices are very low, i.e. Rp32.000 per passenger and this applies flat or the same. Train tickets are now available for bookings through online travel agencies. Traveloka is one of the trusted options that can provide the best deals, even for train tickets which cost is very affordable.

Although it is a subsidized railway, KA Rajabasa still provides complete facilities. All passenger cars have air conditioning and modern toilets installed. The interior of the car is now very good. The seats are leather-covered and permanently mounted in opposite positions. On the side of the seat is a small table to put food and drinks, and electric plugs to charge the phone along the way. Luggage is available at the top of the seat. A paying and drinking service is available via a special feeding train.

Train Schedule for Rajabasa Kertapati - Tanjung Karang (Train Number S7)

Station	Arrival	Departure
Kertapati	-	08.30
Lembak	09.37	09.47
Prabumulih	10.05	10.15
Peninjawan	11.13	11.16
Tigagajah	11.56	12.11
Batu Raja	12.16	12.21
Martapura	13.04	13.08
Way Tuba	13.23	13.25
Blambangan Umpu	13.50	13.54
Tulang Buyut	14.28	14.31
Negara Ratu	11.44	11.46
Ketapang	15.01	15.19
Kotabumi	15.42	15.51
Sulusuban	16.21	16.33
Bekri	16.52	17.00
Tegineneng	17.18	17.29
Rejo Sari	17.42	17.44
Labuan Ratu	17.58	18.07
Tanjung Karang	18.15	-

Train Schedule for Rajabasa Tanjung Karang - Kertapati (Train Number S8)

Station	Arrival	Departure
Tanjung Karang	-	08.30
Rejo Sari	08.49	08.52
Tegineneng	09.05	09.07
Bekri	09.24	09.26
Sulusuban	09.44	09.46
Kotabumi	10.16	10.21
Cempaka	10.32	10.34
Negara Ratu	11.16	11.18
Tulung Buyut	11.32	11.34
Blambangan Umpu	12.07	12.12
Giham	12.25	12.27
Way Tuba	12.42	12.44
Martapura	12.59	13.06
Batu Raja	13.50	13.58
Tigagajah	14.03	14.18
Peninjawan	14.57	15.04
Tanjung Rambang	15.48	15.50
Pramulih	16.06	16.21
Lembang	16.38	16.47
Payakabung	17.24	18.01
Kertapati	18.28	-

Interesting Information about Rajabasa Train

The name’s origin

Rajabasa is actually the name of a volcanic, cone-shaped mountain isolated in the Sunda Strait, precisely on the southeast side of the island of Sumatra. This mountain is included in the area of South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province and has a crater peak of about 500x700 meters wide.

The additional boxcars of the train

Rajabasa Railway is one of the most popular trains in South Sumatra. This train always gets high occupancy, especially during weekends and holidays. Typically, the Rajabasa Railway will get an additional one economy-class train unit during the Idul Fitri holiday season and major national holidays. This additional boxcar adds more train capacity to 106 seats.

Railway series

In operation, the Rajabasa Railway is always withdrawn by the CC204 model locomotive. This locomotive will attract a total of seven to eight series of trains. The series consists of five to six AC Economy train units, one Economy class train unit, and one train unit of the former Business class train.