Draft:KA Malabar

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KA Malabar is a premium executive and economy class passenger train service operated by Kereta Api Indonesia to serve the Bandung–Malang through the southern crossing Java Island. The name "Malabar" is taken from Mount Malabar which is located to the south of Bandung railway station, precisely in Pangalengan, Bandung Regency, West Java.

KA Malabar
KA Malabar departed from Bandung Station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Kereta Api Indonesia
Termini	Bandung Malang
Stations	29
Website	www.kai.id
Service
Type	Inter-city rail
Operator(s)	Kereta Api Indonesia
History
Opened	30 April 2010 (2010-04-30) (Night trip) 24 January 2024 (2024-01-24) (Morning trip)
Technical
Line length	780 km (480 mi)
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)

History

KA Malabar arrive at Malang Station on January 2011, a year after the KA Malabar was first operated

The KA Malabar first operated on April 30, 2010. This train serves passengers from Bandung and its surroundings who travel to Malang and until now is the only train that serves this route. At the beginning of its operation, this train was the only passenger train in Indonesia that provided three class service options at once in one network, namely executive, business, and economy.

The KA Malabar passed in Srengseng, Tambun, Bekasi, when it was still serving the Malang-Pasar Senen route via Bandung in Gapeka in 2019.

This train route was once extended to Pasar Senen railway station in conjunction with the implementation of the train travel schedule as of December 1, 2019. However, this train route was then restored as before on September 1, 2020.

Starting June 1, 2023, business class service on this train will be removed so that this train will only have two classes of cars left, namely executive and economy class. This is because the arrangement of the network on this train has changed from the previous one carrying only 1 luggage car to 2 luggage cars.

In mid-May 2023, before the start of the implementation of train travel graphics (Gapeka 2023), the operation of this train was moved from the previous Daerah Operasi VIII Surabaya to Daerah Operasi II Bandung. This car network is mutated to Depo Kereta Bandung (BD).

From 24 January 2024 there is an addition to this train schedule with a morning departure from Bandung railway station to Malang railway station and from 25 January 2024 for the opposite direction. This additional schedule of trains is served with premium economy and executive class using stainless steel network facilities. The network facilities used are shared with Harina trains to facilitate network switching times. The lineup consists of four executive cars, four premium economy cars, one dining car, and one generator car.

From 13 May 2024, the Malabar night train network that previously used mild steel network has been replaced with a stainless steel network which is a drop from the Lodaya train. The arrangement of this network consists of one generator car, four executive cars, one dining car, two premium economy cars, and two baggage cars.

Accident and Incident

Main article: Tasikmalaya derailment

• On 4 April 2014, KA Malabar CC 206 13 55 locomotive was derailed by a landslide in Kadipaten, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java. The accident killed 5 people and another 35 were injured. Heavy rain triggered the landslide, which derailed the train as it traveled through Java, the most populous island in Indonesia.
• On 2 January 2016, Two KA Malabar carriage were burned on Saturday while under maintenance at PT KAI Depot, Jalan Industri, Bandung City. There were no casualties in the fire. The Fire Engineers has cooled down the two burning trains.
• On 29 October 2016, the KA Malabar CC 206 13 95 crashed into a truck loaded with backhoe heavy equipment in Kaliwuluh, Kebakkramat, Karanganyar and north of the former Grompol railway station. There were no casualties in this incident, but the CC 206 13 95 locomotive had to undergo extensive repairs. This incident resulted in severe delays in train trips through the crossing.
• On 2 February 2019, the KA Malabar CC 206 derailment in the Bojong-Karangpucung plot. There were no casualties in this incident. However, the KA Mutiara Selatan and KA Serayu trips were held up at Banjar railway station and Ciamis railway station.