Magelang to Surabaya runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €35.54, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 10m over 319 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €35.54, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026
€35.54
- 215%Moves across the booking window
215%When it runs, leaving Magelang
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
4
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €99.89Thu24
- about €94.94Fri25
- about €65.79Sat26
- about €64.14Sun27
- about €64.14Mon28
- about €64.14Tue29
- about €44.89Wed30
- about €66.89Thu1
- about €54.79Fri2
- about €57.54Sat3
- about €45.99Sun4
- about €47.09Mon5
- about €43.79Tue6
- about €42.68Wed7
- about €42.14Thu8
- about €39.39Fri9
- about €50.39Sat10
- about €44.33Sun11
- about €41.04Mon12
- about €35.54Tue13
- about €42.69Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Surabaya. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Surabaya for the night the train gets in
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When to book Magelang to Surabaya
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.7390 days
- €31.6860 days
- €34.4445 days
- €37.1930 days
- €42.6921 days
- €42.6814 days
- €44.897 days
- €65.793 days
- €99.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 215 percent. The dearest point is €99.89, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Magelang to Surabaya and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
319 km
280 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
128,709 → 3,018,022
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 319 km against 280 km in a straight line, a detour of 14 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Grogol, Kartasura, Surakarta, Madiun. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Surabaya is large, and the road in from SUB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Surabaya
Settled in advance, so the ride into Surabaya costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Surabaya Kota railway station
Most of the points near Surabaya Kota railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Magelang to Surabaya
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does it take to get from Magelang to Surabaya?
The fastest journey from Magelang to Surabaya takes 4h 10m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Magelang to Surabaya?
The cheapest fare from Magelang to Surabaya is €35.54, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €52.04. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Magelang to Surabaya?
The cheapest way from Magelang to Surabaya is by train, at €35.54 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 16m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Magelang to Surabaya?
Fares from Magelang to Surabaya bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 215 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Magelang to Surabaya?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Magelang to Surabaya, at €42.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Magelang to Surabaya?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Magelang to Surabaya, at €30.03 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs services from Magelang to Surabaya?
1 operators sell services from Magelang to Surabaya across 1 mode: KAI. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Magelang to Surabaya?
0 percent of the services we sell from Magelang to Surabaya are direct. The rest connect at Grogol, Kartasura, Surakarta, Madiun, with about 62 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Magelang to Surabaya use?
Services from Magelang to Surabaya by train leave from Secang railway station and arrive at Surabaya Kota railway station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Magelang to Surabaya?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Magelang to Surabaya allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Magelang to Surabaya on 23 September 2026: 319 km of route against 280 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €35.54, and 4h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Surabaya a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Surabaya and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Surabaya in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Magelang reaches 39 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 37 to 4,109 km. Surabaya reaches 113 places in 12 countries, from 22 to 8,662 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Magelang
- 39Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
2
1Arriving in Surabaya
Leaving Surabaya
- 113Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 24Operators