Classic route
Mutiara Timur
Surabaya → Ketapang · Indonesia
- Distance
- 312 km
- Fastest time
- 6 h 20 min
- Top speed
- 100 km/h
- Operator
- Kereta Api Indonesia
- Train
- CC201-hauled INKA stainless-steel coaches
- Countries
- Indonesia
- In service since
- 1973
Page last updated 2026-07-22 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Java’s eastern express since 1973, tracing the north coast past Probolinggo before winding through coffee country to the Bali ferry pier at Ketapang.
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