Bima (train)

Bima
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusOperational
First service1 June 1967
Current operator(s)Kereta Api Indonesia
Ridership800-1000 daily
Route
TerminiGambir
Surabaya Gubeng
Stops16
Distance travelled820 km (510 mi)
Average journey time10 hours 35 minutes
Service frequencyDaily each way
Train number(s)59 (Surabaya Gubeng to Gambir)
60 (Gambir to Surabaya Gubeng)
On-board services
Class(es)Executive with sleeper carriages
Seating arrangementsRecline-able and rotatable seating in 2-2 configuration
Catering facilitiesOn-board cafe and trolley service
Technical
Rolling stockCC206
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) to 120 km/h (75 mph)
Track owner(s)DJKA and Ministry of Transportation
Route map

The Bima train (Indonesian: Kereta Api Bima) is an executive class train service with sleeper carriages that is operated by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) in Java with the service running between Gambir Station (GMR) - Surabaya Gubeng Station (SGU) and vice versa. The train covers 820 kilometres (510 mi) in 10 hours 35 minutes. Bima was initially an acronym for "Biru Malam" (lit. Night Blue).

Uniquely, this train is not through the northern route, but through the southern route, because to increase the occupancy of passengers who take the train route Jakarta-Surabaya through the southern route.

Although the Satwa class, KA Bima is an Argo class Executive train and uses the Argo train, in this case is the ex-Argo Bromo train. This train is the first AC executive train and the oldest train that still operates in Indonesia.