Argo Muria train launched

Argo Muria train launched

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned rail company Perumka launched Monday
the Argo Muria, a new express passenger train that will shuttle
between Jakarta and Semarang, Central Java, in just five hours
and 15 minutes.

Minister of Tourism, Post and Telecommunications Joop Ave, who
represented Minister of Transportation Haryanto Dhanutirto, said
the train's passenger cars were manufactured by state-owned PT
Inka while the CC203 locomotive by PT GE Lokindo, a joint venture
company between Inka and GE of the United States.

Perumka president Eko Soemino said passengers traveling on the
new train would save two hours and 15 minutes, as the previous
express train took seven and a half hours to travel between
Jakarta and Semarang.

The Argo Muria offers various amenities, including video and
air-conditioning. The Argo Muria will leave Gambir railway
station twice a day, at 10:15 a.m. and 5 p.m. The train will
leave Semarang at 5 a.m. A train ticket costs Rp 85,000.

The Argo Muria is part of the Argo express train series, which
includes the Argo Bromo (Jakarta-Surabaya), Argo Lawu (Jakarta-
Surakarta) and Argo Gede (Jakarta-Bandung). (icn)