Solo Balapan railway station
Solo Balapan Station, is major railway station in City of Surakarta. The name "Balapan" is taken from the name of a village which is located to the north of the station. The station is located on the railway line that connects the cities of Bandung, Jakarta, Surabaya, and Semarang. Solo Balapan Station is the largest station in the City of Surakarta and Central Java.Services
The following is a list of train services at the Solo Balapan StationExecutive Class
- Argo Wilis, to Gambir via Bandung-Yogyakarta-Tasikmalaya and to Surabaya Gubeng via Madiun-Jombang
- Argo Lawu, to and from Jakarta Gambir via Yogyakarta-Purwokerto-Cirebon
- Argo Dwipangga, to and from Jakarta Gambir via Yogyakarta-Purwokerto-Cirebon
- Gajayana, to Jakarta Gambir via Yogyakarta-Purwokerto-Cirebon and to Malang via Madiun-Blitar
- Bima, to Jakarta Gambir via Yogyakarta-Purwokerto-Cirebon and to Malang via Madiun-Jombang-Surabaya Gubeng
- Turangga, to Gambir via Bandung-Yogyakarta-Tasikmalaya and to Surabaya Gubeng via Madiun-Jombang
- Lodaya, to and from Bandung via Yogyakarta-Tasikmalaya
- Sancaka, to Yogyakarta and to Surabaya Gubeng via Madiun-Jombang
- Malabar, to Pasar Senen via Bandung-Yogyakarta-Tasikmalaya and to Malang via Madiun-Blitar
- Malioboro Ekspres, to Yogyakarta and to Malang via Madiun-Blitar
- Ranggajati, to Cirebon via Yogyakarta-Purwokerto and to Jember via Madiun-Jombang-Surabaya Gubeng
- Mutiara Selatan, to Gambir via Bandung-Yogyakarta-Tasikmalaya and to Malang via Madiun-Jombang-Surabaya Gubeng
- Sancaka Utara to Surabaya Pasar Turi and to Kutoarjo
Business Class
- Senja Utama Solo, to and from Jakarta Pasar Senen via Yogyakarta-Purwokerto-Cirebon
- Jayakarta Premium, to Jakarta Pasar Senen via Yogyakarta-Purwokerto and to Surabaya Gubeng via Madiun
- Wijayakusuma, to and from Cilacap via Yogyakarta
- Joglokerto, to and from Purwokerto via Yogyakarta
- Kalijaga, to and from Semarang Poncol via Gundih-Brumbung
- Prambanan Express, to and from Yogyakarta-Kutoarjo
The station became an inspiration for one of the most popular campursari songs in the 1990s from Didi Kempot Setasiun Balapan. For his work on about the station, PT Kereta Api Indonesia officially appointed Didi Kempot as an ambassador for the Indonesian Railways after the Indo pop music group ST 12.
