Cheapest€27.29
- Kereta Api Indonesia KA808211:571h 57m13:54Semarang Gudang railway stationSurabaya Kota railway station
Door to door 2h 41mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Semarang to Surabaya train
Trains from Semarang to Surabaya start at €32.79 and take 2h 36m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Semarang to Surabaya on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Semarang to Surabaya starts at €32.79 and takes 2h 36m door to door, run by 2 operators over 259 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 2h 36mDoor to door
- 1h 52mMoving
- €32.79 to €70.19From
- 06:04 to 17:11First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 8.5 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€32.79 to €70.19 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 €58.09Wed16
- about €70.19Thu17
- about €52.59Fri18
- about €59.74Sat19
- about €50.94Sun20
- about €46.54Mon21
- about €33.89Tue22
- about €38.84Wed23
- about €45.99Thu24
- about €43.24Fri25
- about €42.14Sat26
- about €45.44Sun27
- about €34.99Mon28
- about €32.79Tue29
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 October 6, 2026
Fastest€36.09
- KAI KA399006:041h 52m07:56Semarang Gudang railway stationSurabaya Kota railway station
Door to door 2h 36mCO2 8.5 kgChanges 0Refundable
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 KAI | €30.59 | 2h 34m |
| Kereta Api Indonesia | €27.29 | 2h 33m |
The train gets you into Surabaya. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Surabaya for the night the train gets in
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When to book Semarang to Surabaya
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.3990 days
- €27.8460 days
- €28.3945 days
- €32.0030 days
- €27.2921 days
- €31.4114 days
- €33.897 days
- €47.933 days
- €55.011 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €27.29.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 102 percent. The most expensive point is €55.01, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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.
- €39.67Sun
- €34.99Mon
- €31.41Tue
- €37.90Wed
- €44.39Thu
- €43.24Fri
- €42.14Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Semarang
Rail
- Semarang Gudang railway station
- Semarang Poncol railway station
- Semarang Tawang railway station
Surabaya
Rail
- Surabaya Kota railway station
- Surabaya Gubeng railway station
- Surabaya Pasar Turi railway station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 259 km against 259 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Cepu, Purwodadi, Blora, Bojonegoro. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Semarang at 06:04 and the last at 17:11, across 10 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 | 2h 36m | 1h 52m | 44m | €32.79 | 8.5 kg | 10 |
| Flight | 3h 55m | 45m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 65.4 kg | 6 |
Questions about Semarang to Surabaya
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 the Train from Semarang to Surabaya take?
The Train from Semarang to Surabaya takes 2h 36m door to door, of which 1h 52m is spent moving. The route runs 259 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 Semarang to Surabaya cost?
The Train from Semarang to Surabaya starts at €32.79 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €35.54. 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 Semarang to Surabaya?
2 operators run the Train from Semarang to Surabaya: KAI, Kereta Api Indonesia. Between them they file around 10 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 Semarang to Surabaya use?
The Train from Semarang to Surabaya leaves from Semarang Gudang railway station and arrives at Surabaya Kota 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 Semarang to Surabaya?
Traveling from Semarang to Surabaya by Flight costs €31.41 and takes 3h 55m door to door, against 2h 36m 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 Semarang to Surabaya?
Fares for the Train from Semarang to Surabaya bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €27.29. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 102 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Semarang to Surabaya produce?
The Train from Semarang to Surabaya produces about 8.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 259 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Semarang to Surabaya?
Operators on the Train from Semarang to Surabaya publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 36m 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 Semarang to Surabaya on September 15, 2026: 259 km of route against 259 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 2h 36m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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