Monday, August 11, 2008

Train Class

Train is one of popular public transport in Java island. The train railways are starts from Merak in the west and ends at Banyuwangi and Surabaya in the east. The busy line are from Jakarta to Surabaya through Semarang at north side and Jakarta-Surabaya through Yogya and Solo at south side. Another destinations are Bandung, Malang, Madiun, Kroya, Kutoarjo, and many more cities. There are four classes train available. The lowest is economy class. Very cheap, but no Air Conditioning, hard and fix seats, many times stop, and five seat abreast. The third class is business class. This class still no AC, softer seat, and four abreast. The fare is double economy fare. The second class is executive class. This class equipped with AC, TV, and reclining four abreast seats. Executive class compartments still attach with business class compartment, so they have same speed. The fare executive class is almost double business class. The first class is Argo class. This train equipped with AC, TV, reclining seat, four abreast, and meal. Argo compartment is not attach to another class, so this train has maximum speed. The example of this classes are : Argo Gede (Jakarta-Bandung), Argo Muria (Jakarta-Semarang), Argo Anggrek (Jakarta-Surabaya), and Argo Wilis (Bandung-Surabaya).