Batara Kresna

Batara Kresna

Overview
Native nameKereta Rel Diesel Batara Kresna
OwnerKereta Api Indonesia
Surakarta city government
LocaleSurakarta Purwosari - Wonogiri
Stations5
Service
TypeRailbus
OperatorKereta Api Indonesia
History
Opened5 August 2012; 14 years ago (2012-08-05)
Technical
Line length37 km
CharacterFully subsurface
Track gauge1 067 mm
Conduction system
With driver
Route map

Batara Kresna (Indonesian: Kereta Api Batara Kresna, Javanese: Batara Kresna Hanacaraka: ꦧꦠꦫꦏ꧀ꦫꦼꦱ꧀ꦤ) is a local train service in Central Java, Indonesia that operates between Purwosari Station in Surakarta and Wonogiri Station in Wonogiri Regency. It is operated by PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) and is a cooperation project between the Surakarta city government and PT KAI, when the city was led by Joko Widodo. The service was the one of a few railbus service in Indonesia besides Lembah Anai railbus in West Sumatra and former Kertalaya railbus in South Sumatra.

The train took its name from a character in Mahabharata, Krishna or Kresna who is tasked with saving the world and upholding the truth after the war in Kurukshetra.

History

Batara Kresna was introduced to the public on 26 July 2011 as a railbus and inaugurated by Indonesian Minister of Transport Freddy Numberi in Surakarta along with the city's double-decker tourist bus service. The railbus began operation on 5 August 2012, initially with Sukoharjo – Purwosari – Yogyakarta route.

Batara Kresna Railbus trainset was replaced with MCW 302 from Kedungsepur (train) from 1 February 2025, because operational maximal speed rail track Surakarta Purwosari - Wonogiri has been improved to 70 km/hour. Based on that, Batara Kresna has shorten journey time from 2 hour if using old trainset become 1 hour if using MCW 302 trainset.

Stations

Note: Only lists active stations

Station

Number

 Station Distance (km) Transfers/Notes Location
From previous

station

 From Purwosari

Termini

BK01
Y10
 Purwosari - 0.0 Terminal station

Kereta Api Indonesia Intercity trains

KRL Commuterline Yogyakarta–Solo

Bus rapid transit Batik Solo Trans: Line FD2 (Purwosari)

Heritage railway Sepur Kluthuk Jaladara

 Surakarta
BK02 Solo Kota Heritage railway Sepur Kluthuk Jaladara
BK03 Sukoharjo Sukoharjo Regency
BK04 Pasarnguter
BK05 Wonogiri Terminal station

Bus rapid transit trans jateng: Line S2

 Wonogiri Regency

Fares

Batara Kresna has flat fares Rp 4.000

Ticket are available in Access by KAI application or ticket booths in railway stations.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mengesankan! Berwisata di Solo Seraya Naik Railbus". Tribun Kaltim. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  2. ↑ VIVA.co.id, PT. VIVA MEDIA BARU -. "Merugi, Railbus Solo-Wonogiri yang Diinisiasi Jokowi Dihentikan". Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Railbus Batara Layani Sukoharjo-Solo-Yogyakarta - www.antarajateng.com". www.antarajateng.com. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Admin @1 (10 February 2025). "KA Batara Kresna Ganti Rangkaian Mulai 1 Februari 2025". Kereta Api Kita. Retrieved 19 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "KAI: KA Batara Kresna Baru Jurusan Solo-Wonogiri Beroperasi dengan Kereta Diesel Kelas 1, Tiket Tetap Rp 4.000". Tempo (in Indonesian). 1 February 2025. Retrieved 19 September 2025.