Cheap! Jogja-Solo KRL Fares Are The Same As Prambanan Ekspres: IDR 8,000 Only

KRL Jogja-Solo. (Photo: Doc. KAI)

JAKARTA - The Yogyakarta-Solo Electric Rail Train (KRL) is ready to operate in the next month or February 2021. Currently, the Ministry of Transportation is consolidating all aspects of the KRL operation.

Then what is the rate for the KRL for the Jogja-Solo route? The Director General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) Zulfikri said that the Jogja-Solo KRL tariff is still the same as the Prambanan Express (Prameks) train tariff. One reason there is no difference in tariffs is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

"This year, subsidies will still be given, with a tariff structure because this is still a pandemic, there has also been a significant reduction, so this year it is not a normal condition, so the tariff is still the same as Prameks with the same structure," he said, in a webinar entitled 'The Presence of KRL Yogya -Solo ', Tuesday, January 19.

Zulkifli said that in the KRL trial he would do it gradually by inviting passengers from both government agencies and from the community.

"So on the 20th (January) we invite limited passengers, maybe invited from the government, until the 31st (January), then the 1st (February) online, limited passengers will be invited until the 10th (February)," he explained.

Meanwhile, the Managing Director of PT KCI Wiwik Widayanti said that the Yogyakarta electric KRL tariff has been set by the Ministry of Transportation for the Jogja-Solo route of Rp. 8,000.

Meanwhile, the Kutoarjo-Solo route is still using the Diesel Rail Train (KRD). Given that the new KRL serves the route from Jogja-Solo. KRD Kutoarjo-Solobalapan is subject to a tariff of IDR 15,000.

Meanwhile, the simulation of the imposition of fares from Wates to Lempuyangan uses KRD IDR 8,000 and from Kutoarjo KRD IDR to Solo IDR 15,000. For now, KRL is only allowed to carry 74 passengers.

"So now from Wates to Lempuyangan, Rp. 8,000 for the Wates-Jogja KRD uses the Yogya-Lempuyangan KRL for Rp. 8,000 because the rate is flat," said Wiwik.

Meanwhile, Kutoarjo-Jogja costs Rp. 8,000. Wiwik said, KRD Prameks Kutoarjo-Yogya had a ticket quota limit, while the Jogja-Solo KRL had no ticket restrictions, but the quota still adjusted to health protocols.

For your information, the KRL Jogja-Solo will pass through 11 stations, namely, Yogyakarta, Lempuyangan, Maguwo, Brambanan, Srowot, Klaten, Ceper, Delanggu, Gawok, Purwosari, and Solobalapan.