Fastest€53.14
- KAI KA305615:413h 13m18:54Jakarta Kota railway stationGawok railway station
Door to door 3h 57mCO2 15.3 kgChanges 0Refundable
Jakarta to Surakarta train
Trains from Jakarta to Surakarta start at €50.94 and take 3h 57m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Jakarta to Surakarta on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Jakarta to Surakarta starts at €50.94 and takes 3h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 465 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 3h 57mDoor to door
- 3h 13mMoving
- €50.94 to €98.24From
- 06:09 to 20:17First and last departure
- 9Per day
- 15.3 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€50.94 to €98.24 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €93.29Tue15
- about €96.59Wed16
- about €98.24Thu17
- about €89.99Fri18
- about €93.84Sat19
- about €87.79Sun20
- about €63.59Mon21
- about €61.94Tue22
- about €67.44Wed23
- about €80.64Thu24
- about €81.74Fri25
- about €76.79Sat26
- about €74.04Sun27
- about €50.94Mon28
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 KAI | €48.74 | 3h 55m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Surakarta. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Surakarta for the night the train gets in
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When to book Jakarta to Surakarta
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €50.8890 days
- €42.0360 days
- €48.5245 days
- €39.6730 days
- €43.2121 days
- €45.5714 days
- €53.247 days
- €82.743 days
- €76.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.67.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 109 percent. The dearest point is €82.74, 3 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €60.91Sun
- €45.57Mon
- €52.65Tue
- €57.96Wed
- €67.40Thu
- €65.04Fri
- €66.22Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Jakarta
Rail
- Jakarta Kota railway station
- Jakarta Gudang railway station
- Jakarta International Stadium railway station
Surakarta
Rail
- Gawok railway station
- Palur railway station
- Salem railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 465 km against 465 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Jakarta at 06:09 and the last at 20:17, across 9 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 57m | 3h 13m | 44m | €50.94 | 15.3 kg | 9 |
| Flight | 4h 12m | 1h 2m | 3h 10m | €45.57 | 117.8 kg | 24 |
Questions about Jakarta to Surakarta
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 the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta take?
The Train from Jakarta to Surakarta takes 3h 57m door to door, of which 3h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 465 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta cost?
The Train from Jakarta to Surakarta starts at €50.94 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €55.89. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta?
1 operators run the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta: KAI. Between them they file around 9 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta use?
The Train from Jakarta to Surakarta leaves from Jakarta Kota railway station and arrives at Gawok railway station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Jakarta to Surakarta?
Travelling from Jakarta to Surakarta by Flight costs €45.57 and takes 4h 12m door to door, against 3h 57m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta?
Fares for the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.67. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 109 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta produce?
The Train from Jakarta to Surakarta produces about 15.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 465 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta?
Operators on the Train from Jakarta to Surakarta publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 57m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Jakarta to Surakarta on 14 September 2026: 465 km of route against 465 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €50.94, and 3h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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