Purwokerto to Kartasura runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €21.24, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 6m over 191 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €21.24, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€21.24
- 183%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Purwokerto
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:04First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between Purwokerto and Kartasura.
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KAI runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Purwokerto to Kartasura on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €49.29Mon21
- about €43.24Tue22
- about €47.64Wed23
- about €45.44Thu24
- about €44.34Fri25
- about €44.89Sat26
- about €44.34Sun27
- about €31.14Mon28
- about €26.74Tue29
- about €30.04Wed30
- about €36.09Thu1
- about €33.89Fri2
- about €34.99Sat3
- about €28.94Sun4
- about €21.79Mon5
- about €21.24Tue6
- about €24.54Wed7
- about €28.93Thu8
- about €26.19Fri9
- about €26.74Sat10
- about €26.19Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Kartasura. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Kartasura for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Terminal Kartasura and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Purwokerto to Kartasura
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.9490 days
- €26.1860 days
- €21.7845 days
- €17.3930 days
- €26.1921 days
- €28.9414 days
- €44.347 days
- €47.643 days
- €49.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 183 percent. The dearest point is €49.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 Purwokerto to Kartasura 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
191 km
166 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
230,235 → 88,927
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 191 km against 166 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Magelang, Wonosobo, Melati, Ambarawa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Who runs this route
Kartasura is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Terminal Kartasura
Most of the points near Terminal Kartasura open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Purwokerto to Kartasura
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 Purwokerto to Kartasura?
The fastest journey from Purwokerto to Kartasura takes 2h 6m door to door, of which 1h 29m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 12m, 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 Purwokerto to Kartasura?
The cheapest fare from Purwokerto to Kartasura is €21.24, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €37.74. 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 Purwokerto to Kartasura?
The cheapest way from Purwokerto to Kartasura is by train, at €21.24 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 2h 13m 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 Purwokerto to Kartasura?
Fares from Purwokerto to Kartasura bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €17.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 183 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Purwokerto to Kartasura?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Purwokerto to Kartasura, at €26.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Purwokerto to Kartasura?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Purwokerto to Kartasura, at €21.24 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 Purwokerto to Kartasura?
KAI publish service areas covering both Purwokerto and Kartasura, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Purwokerto to Kartasura?
20 percent of the services we sell from Purwokerto to Kartasura are direct. The rest connect at Magelang, Wonosobo, Melati, Ambarawa, with about 50 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 Purwokerto to Kartasura use?
Services from Purwokerto to Kartasura by train leave from Purwokerto railway station and arrive at Kartasura 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 Purwokerto to Kartasura?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Purwokerto to Kartasura 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.
Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Purwokerto to Kartasura on 20 September 2026: 191 km of route against 166 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €21.24, and 2h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kartasura is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Kartasura and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Kartasura in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Purwokerto reaches 69 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 527 km. Kartasura reaches 27 places in 1 countries, from 46 to 225 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Purwokerto
- 69Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Kartasura
Leaving Kartasura
- 27Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators