This system removes any possibility of ticket scalping as the PNR code can only be retrieved by the passenger matching the details on the ticket which will be checked by the staff before entering the passenger-only area while embracing the trend of online purchases allowing a paper-free ticketing process up till just before boarding the train. It would have been faster if I had scanned the code on my print-out but I was too lazy to take it out of my bag and just keyed in the code which SMSed me as a reminder of my journey about 3 hours before departure. Also, the official website does not accept foreign credit cards.Ĭheck-in was really fast too, it probably took me 6 seconds to key in the 6 letters of my PNR code, another 3 seconds for the system to retrieve my booking and just 1 second for my ticket to pop out of the thermal printer. I booked my key train tickets through as they had Rp.40,000 and Rp.100,000 promo codes to be used on tickets of different minimum prices, saving me about 20% than if I had gotten my tickets directly. The train departs Jakarta Gambir at 5.45pm and arrives in Malang the next day at 9.20am. The KA Gajayana is a daily overnight train running between Jakarta Gambir and Malang via Purwokerto and Blitar, and is one of the first trains to run with the new K10 bogie Eksekutif Class coaches. Something new here this time though, is the presence of the check-in counters, a new system in place from this year onwards.

Back at Gambir after around 2 years since my last train trip departing from here.

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