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Tegal to Palembang

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Tegal to Palembang. From €67.44, fastest 6h 27m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Tegal to Palembang runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €67.44, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 27m over 750 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €67.44, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€67.44

  • 177%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Tegal

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

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

  1. about €186.79Thu24
  2. about €190.64Fri25
  3. about €147.74Sat26
  4. about €154.89Sun27
  5. about €110.89Mon28
  6. about €117.49Tue29
  7. about €97.14Wed30
  8. about €129.59Thu1
  9. about €100.44Fri2
  10. about €96.59Sat3
  11. about €114.74Sun4
  12. about €93.29Mon5
  13. about €88.89Tue6
  14. about €67.44Wed7
  15. about €92.74Thu8
  16. about €92.19Fri9
  17. about €106.49Sat10
  18. about €74.04Sun11
  19. about €86.14Mon12
  20. about €69.09Tue13
  21. about €90.54Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Palembang. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Palembang for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Kramasan railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Tegal to Palembang

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €74.0490 days
  2. €78.9960 days
  3. €88.8945 days
  4. €77.3430 days
  5. €90.5421 days
  6. €67.4414 days
  7. €97.147 days
  8. €147.743 days
  9. €186.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €67.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €186.79, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€186.79€67.44137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Tegal 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

750 km

656 km as the crow flies, 14% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

297,1731,801,367

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

IndonesiaJakartaJakartaSurabayaSurabayaBandungBandungSemarangSemarangJeparaJeparaBandar LampungBandar LampungPadangPadangMalangMalangSamarindaSamarindaTasikmalayaTasikmalayaBalikpapanBalikpapanDenpasarDenpasarBanjarmasinBanjarmasinJambi CityJambi CitySurakartaSurakartaBengkuluBengkuluTegalTegalPalembangPalembangMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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 750 km against 656 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 Jakarta. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

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 taxi stand outside an airport terminal

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 train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

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 Tegal 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 Tegal to Palembang?

The fastest journey from Tegal to Palembang takes 6h 27m door to door, of which 3h 14m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 6h 36m, 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 Tegal to Palembang?

The cheapest fare from Tegal to Palembang is €67.44, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €97.14. 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 Tegal to Palembang?

The cheapest way from Tegal to Palembang is by train, at €67.44 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 6h 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 Tegal to Palembang?

Fares from Tegal to Palembang bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €67.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 177 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Tegal to Palembang?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Tegal to Palembang, at €88.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Tegal to Palembang?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Tegal to Palembang, at €60.84 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 Tegal to Palembang?

2 operators sell services from Tegal to Palembang across 1 mode: Garuda Indonesia, 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 Tegal to Palembang?

0 percent of the services we sell from Tegal to Palembang are direct. The rest connect at Jakarta, with about 82 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 Tegal to Palembang use?

Services from Tegal to Palembang by train leave from Tegal railway station and arrive at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport PLM. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Tegal to Palembang?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Tegal 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.

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 labeled 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 Tegal to Palembang on September 23, 2026: 750 km of route against 656 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €67.44, and 6h 27m 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.

A guided tour group

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

Tegal reaches 64 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 698 km. Palembang reaches 34 places in 4 countries, from 81 to 3,354 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Tegal

  • 64Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Palembang

Leaving Palembang

  • 34Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 8Operators

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