Seven New INKA CLI-225 Commuter Trains Pulled into Workshops for Thorough Inspection
Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Seven new commuter train (KRL) sets produced by PT Industri Kereta Api (INKA) Persero have suddenly been taken into workshops for thorough inspection. The step was taken by PT KAI Commuter Indonesia (KCI) together with INKA for the iE305 series.
The inspection began on 7 September 2026 and is provisionally scheduled to run until the end of the month. As a result, KCI has had to adjust a number of Commuter Line journeys, particularly on the Bogor route.
VP Corporate Secretary of KAI Commuter (KCI), Karina Amanda, said the trains undergoing inspection are the EA-207 CLI-225 type, or iE305 series, manufactured directly at INKA’s factory in Madiun, East Java.
“We at KCI, together with INKA, are currently carrying out a general check-up on the iE305 series KRL produced by INKA, starting from the 7th of September,” Karina told CNBC Indonesia when contacted on Tuesday (8/9/2026).
Karina explained that the inspection is not limited to a single trainset. A total of seven iE305 KRL trainsets are scheduled to undergo general check-ups in stages.
“For now, because there are seven trainsets in total, we have scheduled it from the 7th to 30 September 2026,” she said.
The entry of the seven INKA-built KRL sets into the inspection period means KCI must rearrange its Commuter Line service patterns. Operationally, 17 journeys have been adjusted, all of them on the Bogor route.
“Yes, so with the general check-up being carried out on the seven trainsets, we have adjusted the Commuter Line (KRL) schedules, so at the moment 17 journeys have been adjusted, and indeed all of them are on the Bogor Line,” she said.
The adjustments have also reduced the number of weekday KRL journeys operated by KCI during the inspection period.
Before the general check-up began, KCI operated 1,065 journeys per weekday. However, that figure has fallen to 1,048 journeys per day while the seven INKA-built KRL trainsets are being inspected.
“Perhaps I should speak in terms of total journeys first, because the number of trainsets is quite dynamic. So currently, if before 7 September we operated 1,065 journeys on weekdays, then during the general check-up of the INKA-produced KRL we are operating 1,048 journeys per day,” Karina concluded.
Previously, a CLI-225 KRL derailed at Jakarta Kota Station on Friday morning (4/9/2026). However, on the same day, the same train also derailed again at Manggarai Station.