Java Mainline Trains in 2001

When mainline steam on the PJKA ended in 1984, foreign steam enthusiasts continued to visit Java to see steam locos working at the sugar mills and at Cepu Forest Railway and Ambarawa Rack Line where charters were arranged. Mainline diesels were not the main reason for the visit but we normally stopped to watch trains go by and sometimes had access to stations and depots to see how the railway was continuing in the diesel age. I have now collected all my Java steam videos onto one 4TB hard drive which means that I can check different visits for any mainline footage. By request, I am making this available on RUclips. The first year I’ve looked at is 2001.
On this short video, we see trains into Panarukan and running over the flat crossing with the Wringinanom sugar cane line to the south. Closed in the early 2000s, this is a route I’d love to see reinstated. Moving west, we see trains at Bangil and en route to Malang and at Madiun. Near Sindanglaut (I believe or possibly Tersana Baru), we see a sugar mill steam loco at an overbridge with the mainline and a mainline train passing. Finally, in Garut, we see the disused station which has now been reinstated for trains from (I believe) Bandung (via the junction at Cibatu) although I have not yet heard that public passenger trains are running again. I visited this line in the early 1980s to see CC50 and CC10 Mallets at work.
Watch out for more mainline extracts from further trips to Java in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017 and possibly back to the 1990s.

[@gonskie]

I love watching the countryside, rice fields, mountains, the rooster crowing, the children shouting.

[@raditiya_pns]

Extremely rare documentation about Kalisat - Panarukan branch line, before its service terminated in April 2004

[@digisaranaid]

wow panarukan, great documentation by the way.

[@COD04MW]

Whoa, finally a documentation video of Garut Station in 2001, didn't expect the emplacement would stay that pristine even after at that time 18 years of closure
Currently Cibatu-Garut train line has been restored since early 2020 after work started in late 2018, however it is yet to be fully operational due to COVID-19 pandemic as well as ongoing construction project in the station. The station is currently being redeveloped into a very big station whilst retaining its original building.

[@budisantoso6305]

Damn i remember riding those train. I usually go from panarukan to Jember
The train is called "Tajemwangi" the ticket is not expensive too! from i remember it cost 2.000 rp
But now The route is abandoned. No trains coming anymore. i really miss those times;(

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

The reactivation work is being carried out as we speaking. Old trackbeds and rails had been dismantled.

[@budisantoso6305]

@@bramantyoprahoro7284 wow really? I live at situbondo but i dont see any Difference on the station and track right now

[@ammarwibisono]

Thank you for the extremely rare video of the Panarukan branch line, sir. I have never took the train to Panarukan. I only saw the train in Jember station when I was a child.

[@AliGroves450]

The days before the CC206 & CC205's were operating.
BB3XX were also running on PJKA a lot, and now there is barely any left. ~
Greetings from the UK btw!

[@YohanesBudiPrihartanto]

Thank you for sharing,sir 👍👍
AFAIK..
Once upon a time when there was a shortage of passenger cars at East Java region..so the railway company mixed Passenger Cars and Freight to served several Local-3rd Class trip

[@JohnRaby]

I think it was very much a market service with people bringing things to market. A passenger coach is not the best suited to passengers with that sort of 'luggage'.

[@aldistapm2518]

@@JohnRaby ruclips.net/video/9hP6-98B46o/видео.html is this your clip?

[@abdullah_114qs]

Hiks.. belum sempat menikmati perjalanan KA Jember - Kalisat - Bondowoso - Situbondo - Panarukan (waktu itu masih SMA thn '95 - ' 98), jalurnya keburu di non-aktifkan. Alhamdulillah kini dapat video yg menjelaskan jalur tsb. Terimakasih banyak. Salut dgn video Anda. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Aliefaryd]

Bukannya dinonaktifkan pas 2004?

[@aldistapm2518]

Great footage of old indonesian railways. Never seen the panarukan line in operation before

[@musyaffaraffi6404]

Kami rindu dengan adanya kereta api di lintas Jember Bondowoso Situbondo, kini KA Lokal relasi Jember Situbondo sudah dipensiunkan beserta jalurnya dan stasiunnya pada 2004 lantaran fasilitasnya tidak memungkinkan/menentu
Semoga di 2022 PT KAI, DJKA Kemenhub dan BTP Jatim membangun/mereaktivasi Jalur Kalisat Panarukan karena ada potensi pariwisata

[@treynesiaa]

AAMIIN 🙏 Tingg Permintaan warganya. Peminatnya. Dirjen pasti liat permintaan masyarakat.

[@musyaffaraffi6404]

Iya, Jalur Kalisat Panarukan ini jadi jalur mati kereta api yang paling layak direaktivasi oleh Kemenhub Ditjen Perkeretaapian, karena antusias masyarakat Bondowoso dan Situbondo mengembalikan budaya naik kereta api seperti dahulu tinggi dan ada unsur sejarah yakni Gerbong Maut, Bondowoso juga layak dibikin kereta wisata Loko uap seperti di Ambarawa, Solo (Jalan Slamet Riyadi) dan Sawahlunto.

[@musyaffaraffi6404]

Amin, semoga sebelum Presiden Jokowi masa jabatan habis, reaktivasi Jalur Kalisat Bondowoso Panarukan terealisasi.

[@treynesiaa]

@@musyaffaraffi6404 saya saja sangat mau stasiun Bondowoso - Situbondo - Panarukan aktif. Masih banyak Pekerjaan Rumahnya.
Dari usaha yang ada di panarukan. Perusahaannya seperti PT. Karena akan sangat menguntungkan buat PT KAI kedepannya.
Selanjutnya permintaan masyarakat. Apakah di kota tersebut mulai banyak terjadi kemacetan.
Apalagi di Kota Bondowoso mulai banyak pembangunan seperti mall. Dan toko2 . Jalan jadi semakin ramai.
Selanjutnya. Pemerintah dan Dirjen harus ada komunikasi. Apakah akan mereaktivasi atau tidak.
Jika Dirjen setuju. Maka akan dilakukan reaktivasi Bondowoso Situbondo Panarukan kembali. aamiin

[@treynesiaa]

@@musyaffaraffi6404 semoga bupati Bondowoso selanjutnya mau menagktifkan stasiun Bondowoso

[@darrylrailfans]

0:04 Panarukan Branchline before abandoned in 2004

[@erwinmiftaquls4153]

Wow incredible documentation,
This video is very clear for that kind of year 👍👍

[@JohnRaby]

Many thanks!

[@gusti7893]

Wow, rare video sir! Kalisat-panarukan line, thanks for sharing this video sir, i hope no one reupload it 🙏

[@YusrilRizkyPratama]

Mantul jimun Garut

[@DazbordNima]

Weh kang Yusril awoakwoakwok

[@manzhongguritto1586]

Wah ada kang yusril

[@wedyarailfans]

A rare footage, this is awesome. Thank you for your documentation sir.

[@tegarz]

video showing Kalisat-Panarukan line while still in use is very rare

[@noorhuda447]

Thank you very much sir for sharing this video,we all in here hard to find the footage or photos about kalisat-panarukan line while still active

[@mratta7266]

Sekarang tinggal kenangan

[@novandas_]

Operation area 9 Jember, East Java 👍 so Miss the place where i grow up 😭

[@indonesianrailways3493]

the best, Finally i can see Panarukan Station before nonactive

[@wills6158]

Thx sir for upload, its amazing, please upload Java mainline again especially in 90's or 00's, thankyou 🙏

[@rinomalang4175]

Emm aku rasa familyer btul sta.lawang mski udh ada ruko kiri kanan stasiun .dulu cm phon asem smua .sring main petasan disana .wktu SD 37 thn lalu.tptnya wktu livery krem hijau masa ttransisi ganti full hijau tua dgn strip putih. video dokumenter sllu menarik utk di buru..Than'x 4 rekomondasi.

[@ariantoasim320]

Very nice video sir... Sadly since 2004 passengers train has been stopped due to flooding

[@dewanapria]

Thank you for sharing this awesome rare video documentation of java train line

[@happykurniawan8845]

Panarukan, what a great video, john

[@cricktaftmgdrive1medan]

4:00 bb 303 horn

[@AryoNurTriambodho]

Thanks sir.
The best videos.
Greeting from indonesia

[@ahmadsugiyanto5262]

Podo"😂

[@dadengzovan7711]

The wonderful team work and good creation? Bravo Mr John.... ?

[@bramantyoprahoro7284]

8:53 The old legendary "bespectacled" machine(s).

[@davaabimanyupratamaputra678]

Thank you very much for this documentary, sir👍

[@MadeIzwar]

3:28 wow, i never see that grilled semaphore signal's before.

[@kuraiyasha8340]

Sinyal khusus karena ada jalur lori tebu yang melintang di jalur utama

[@farrelardan2808]

@@kuraiyasha8340 please use english

[@kuraiyasha8340]

@@farrelardan2808 his name is Made Izwar, why on earth should I use English to answer his question -_-

[@MadeIzwar]

wkwk santai aja soalan bahasa mah. kalo yg crossing pg kedawung jalur 1067nya pake sinyal gini juga bukan sih? taunya cuma yg model tebeng doang

[@alvianfajar8376]

Pake, tapi nggak bolong bolong sinyalnya

[@alvianfajar8376]

Very very rare documentation of Kalisat - Bondowoso - Panarukan line, 2 year before extinction in 2003

[@fengkiferdian8636]

when I was kid, I often watched the train every afternoon in panarukan station because I live in there, but now the train operation is terminated by the government because is suffer financial loss.
I miss that day
sorry for my bad english

[@muhammadazamalhakim8918]

Wow Rare Documentation ThankYou Sir

[@r1r132]

Lokomotive BB303 henschell.. in bondowoso panarukan

[@antonpsawil]

This is amazing sir

[@farispakuansyah5651]

Rare footage of the mixed train for local

[@robinardy07]

8:28 Stasiun Lawang dekat dengan rumah saya

[@indonesiaincamera6196]

amazing video

[@emanuelrio]

Thanks for the video sir ❤️❤️

[@Arkhanaisback-qh6fk]

Sucks that panarukan station is abandoned now

[@TaufikHidayat-oz7um]

i just figure it now, why in the past railway track image with black and dirty...because at that time our loco was diesel hydraulic. Far different at present time where we now is using diesel electric

[@JohnRaby]

Don't forget that in steam days until the early 1980s the mainline locos such as D52 class burned heavy oil and a lot of that went on the track.

[@syahdanalwiardinsyah7821]

Nice

[@umarsyarifuddiensjadjaah5932]

langka sekali iniii

[@user-su1pg2kh9d]

Are there train documents at Semarang GK station?

[@theunderrated86]

Hate to break it to you but it'll be hard to reinstate the Panarukan branch as it's a terminus branch. Even by roads it's faster to get to Probolinggo from Situbondo rather than by trains as trains have to go round the South route to Jember and Klakah first before getting to Probolinggo. Unless if the State Railway builds a through line from Panarukan to Probolinggo via Besuki, which I highly doubt, then it can compete with road transports.
On the whole, despite of not really a fan of mainline trains, I enjoyed the first part of the video and the bit at Sindanglaut.

[@JohnRaby]

I agree that a coastal line from Probolinggo to Banyuwangi via Situbondo might make more sense as a modern high speed line. Not sure quite how far the old line got from Probolinggo - at least as far as Pajarakan - but the hill at Paiton doesn't seem unsurmountable. I wonder why they never built a tunnel there.

[@theunderrated86]

@@JohnRaby I think it was just a matter of technology wise and the knowledge at the time. Yes, there are some tunnels that were built then, but I think the soil was proven too hard as the hill is mostly made out rocks rather than compacted soil. Remember that tunnels back then were man made, where I think explosives were used. So if the rocks were exploded, the whole hill might have collapsed. But today, there's drilling machines, so knowledge and technology wouldn't be a problem. The biggest problem in South East countries, including Indonesia, is lack of political will.

[@Azqproject]

Sir, do you have documentation of Indonesian level train crossings in the 1990s or 2000s?

[@JohnRaby]

Only if you can find them in the videos I have posted on channel.

[@Azqproject]

@@JohnRaby wow is too many video, but is ok

[@h.budimany8436]

Pemerintah jangan hanya menilai dari segi bisnisnya. Tapi nilai historis yg dikedepankan."SEJARAH GERBONG MAUT" yg hanya satu2nya di negri ini. Aamiin smoga terialisasi di buka kembali.

[@wizardishere5633]

ya namanya perusahaan jasa, kalo mau sustain ya harus bisa untung dari segi bisnis nya juga. kalo keuntungan yg didapat dr jalur ini kecil ya otomatis perawatan sarana dan prasarana juga pas2 an dan tidak maksimal, ujung2 nya keselamatan penumpang dan kru yang jadi taruhannya, bahkan kalopun ga terjadi kecelakaan ya konsumen bakal lebih milih alternatif lain

[@ndaruseto2721]

Req stasiun Probolinggo

[@misbahwachid5958]

Sampeyan Ngentenpun 👍👍👍

[@mukhamadnurkholis25]

When videos in kedawung crossing

[@JohnRaby]

See 2005 Part 2 (coming shortly) and also 2012 when I get to that.

[@Thomas1980]

L::::I::::K:::::E:::::::::::::::::::::Best wishes and good health

[@patubhudapurnomo4877]

13:04 ada yang tau ini di petak mana?

[@alifpanjisatriya7446]

Kayaknya petak Bangil Pasuruan

[@f_rozy0255]

🥺

[@widipetualangalam1705]

Nuhun

[@harminsusilawati6524]

Am in info

[@ahmadrfdp1tanjungpriok823]

Mas izin ambil

[@JohnRaby]

No permission to copy or repost this video (or any of my videos).

[@arlandprasetya5571]

Semoga bisa direstorasi

[@harminsusilawati6524]

Am in indo

[@patubhudapurnomo4877]

8:36 ini stasiun mana ya?

[@nikolasginting974]

stasiun lawang

[@23Rail]

7:41 Tau sendiri siapa itu

[@DazbordNima]

@@muhammadfachri7775 bacod zto

[@bagusmc08]

@@DazbordNima Lol

[@FrozenError]

Oh wow all comments its english

[@rizkyperdana954]

Garut revame
Garut Actifed