My Diary : Tales from Train Journey Bandung – Jakarta / Naik Kereta Api Bandung – Jakarta

As opposed to my recent urban commuter train experiences, in this space I would like to share the moments during train journey from town to town, that is from Bandung (West Java) to Jakarta, capital of Indonesia.

For full photo gallery, please see gallery below this article

This story starts from Hall Railway Station, Bandung, West Java under a clear summery sky on Sunday 5th of January 2013. I purchased ticket for Executive Class, Argo Parahyangan Train that cost me IDR 90.000 (around US$ 8). As seen in the photo below, the train is quite nice and comfortable that one could sleep peacefully a 3-hours journey.

Bandung City Hall Railway Station.. Time stood still at 09.25 AM in the morning when I took this photo

But as it has always to do with my behavior on a train journey, I almost never spent life on the seat as I elected to stand between the compartment doors to take pictures. Certainly that day’s inviting-weather courtesy of clear blue sky, white clouds, and warming sunshine at the day provided me a steady platform to take as much pictures as I can, even if them are taken through window glasses and just taken with mobile-phone camera

Door between the compartment where I spent the majority of time during my travel capturing scenes 🙂

The surrounding Inside the train…you can see the seats rows

I choose not to write many paragraphs, instead my post rely on the story on each pictures that I captured consecutively during my travel. Moreover, I also decide to put pictures on a vertical display with medium size to give an ease for viewers to grab meaning of every stills I have posted here and also to make them as a timeline story. Risk is that the size of this post is very long that one need to scroll down a lot, but I as I stated above it is more useful to present them like this as you can check some pictures and leave the rest into a pictures gallery down under this very article.

1. Bandung – Cimahi – Padalarang
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The first part of the journey is from Bandung to Padalarang, a small city in the edge of Parahyangan Valley

Cimahi Residence as seen from the train

Cimindi flyover in Cimahi… it was a hell of traffic before the fly over was built, as there is also a market in this place

My Diary : Naik KRL Commuter Line Serpong – Parung Panjang – Maja

Sabtu 28 September 2013 siang. Hari itu saya berniat untuk berangkat ke Rangkasbitung menggunakan Kereta Api tujuan Merak dari BSD.
Namun niat saya berubah, saya ingin sekalian mencoba langsung trayek KRL baru yang kini telah sampai Stasiun Maja.

So dari Stasiun Serpong saya kemudian menggunakan KRL tujuan Maja yang tiba di Serpong sekitar pertengahan hari. Matahari saat itu lagi terik-teriknya, kondisi yang pas untuk mengambil foto. Sayang KRL Ekonomi kini telah tiada, kalau tidak akan sangat pas kondisinya untuk mengambil foto dari pintu atau jendela yang terbuka

(klik foto untuk ukuran besar)

1. STASIUN SERPONG
Kereta api berangkat sejak jam 12 siang. Karena saya tiba tepat pada saat kereta akan tiba di stasiun,

Perlintasan sebidang Rel KA – Pasar Serpong

My Diary : Naik KRL AC dari Bogor ke Depok

Perjalanan dengan KRL merupakan bagian kehidupan dari sebagian besar masyarakat Jabodetabek, termasuk masyarakat di Bogor dan Depok.
Mulai dari anak sekolah, mahasiswa, penduduk, commuter/pekerja di Jakarta, pelancong, dan orang-orang yang memiliki kepentingan di kota2 ‘anggota’ wilayah Jabodetabek.

Saya mencoba merekam sedikit memori mengenai perjalanan dengan KRL dari Bogor ke Depok dengan menggunakan KRL AC. Dilengkapi juga dengan foto-foto yang diambil dengan menggunakan Handphone.
Sengaja saya memilih jadwal perjalanan sore agar tidak begitu ramai dan mudah untuk mengambil foto dari kereta.

KRL yang saya tumpangi berangkat dari jalur 3 dengan jadwal keberangkatan pukul 15.05 sore

Stasiun Bogor, KRL di jalur 3 menunggu jadwal keberangkatan

Suasana penumpang tidak begitu ramai. Memang ada sejumlah penumpang yang berdiri tapi tidak terlihat kepadatan seperti pada saat pagi hari dari Bogor. Dengan model ‘paparazi‘ saya mengambil gambar suasana dalam kereta