Tanjungbalai to Palembang runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 06:21. One passenger pays between €58.09 and €69.09, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 27h 10m over 897 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€58.09 to €69.09
- 154%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Tanjungbalai
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:21First departure
- 06:21Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Pelni runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Tanjungbalai to Palembang 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 €144.44Tue15
- about €137.29Wed16
- about €144.99Thu17
- about €121.34Fri18
- about €122.44Sat19
- about €93.29Sun20
- about €82.29Mon21
- about €88.34Tue22
- about €89.99Wed23
- about €90.54Thu24
- about €104.84Fri25
- about €112.54Sat26
- about €99.34Sun27
- about €69.09Mon28
- about €58.09Tue29
- about €63.04Wed30
- about €68.54Thu1
- about €64.69Fri2
- about €65.79Sat3
- about €62.49Sun4
- about €67.44Mon5
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 ferry gets you into Palembang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Palembang for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Tanjungbalai to Palembang
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €75.1490 days
- €68.5460 days
- €56.9945 days
- €61.9430 days
- €67.4421 days
- €69.0914 days
- €82.297 days
- €144.993 days
- €144.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €56.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 154 percent. The most expensive point is €144.99, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Tanjungbalai to Palembang 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
897 km
854 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
190,935 → 1,801,367
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 897 km against 854 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Palembang is large, and the road in from PLM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Palembang
Settled in advance, so the ride into Palembang costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Kramasan railway station
Most of the points near Kramasan railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Tanjungbalai to Palembang
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
The fastest journey from Tanjungbalai to Palembang takes 27h 10m door to door, of which 28h 3m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 29h 27m, 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 Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
The cheapest fare from Tanjungbalai to Palembang is €58.09, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €89.99. 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 Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
The cheapest way from Tanjungbalai to Palembang is by ferry, at €69.09 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 29h 33m 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 Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
Fares from Tanjungbalai to Palembang bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €56.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 154 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Tanjungbalai to Palembang, at €69.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Tanjungbalai to Palembang, at €48.74 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 service from Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
1 operators sell services from Tanjungbalai to Palembang across 1 mode: Pelni. 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 Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
Every service we sell from Tanjungbalai to Palembang is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 27h 10m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Tanjungbalai to Palembang use?
Services from Tanjungbalai to Palembang by ferry leave from Tanjung Balai and arrive at Pelabuhan Boom Baru. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Tanjungbalai to Palembang?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Tanjungbalai to Palembang 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Tanjungbalai to Palembang on September 14, 2026: 897 km of route against 854 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €58.09, and 27h 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 Palembang a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Palembang and across Indonesia
Day trips that leave Palembang in the morning and cover a good part of Indonesia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Tanjungbalai reaches 1 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 854 to 854 km. Palembang reaches 9 places in 2 countries, from 175 to 1,322 km.
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Leaving Palembang
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- 2Countries
- 8Operators