From Yogyakarta to Probolinggo

Luxurious train ride

Yogyakarta to Probolinggo by train

Booking
We research the departure on google at first and them went on Ticket.com to book and check other option. We ended up booking a ticket at tiket.com am for 727 000 IDR (68$CAD) and we took a business class ticket.

Class available

Normal
It’s the free for all, you have a ticket but you may end up standing. It’s the less expensive option and it would have cost us between 10-15$ for the same trip. Those ticket are of course limited. Therefore, plan the trip in advance. You will be seated in a bench style seat. So you may have some knee action with your neighbour…

Business
You have a ticket with assigned seat but from what we heard seating arrangement are more or less respected.. The seat are more like a big bus style type of seat so no knee action in that class.

Executive
You have more comfort but the seat look like a good big bus ride. there not a lot of difference with the business seat expect the price and maybe the A.C. Those ticket are sold slower, so if you book late it may be the cheapest option.

This ride does have a Luxury wagon. Not all rides have one.

Getting on board

First thing you need to do before getting on board is printing your ticket. You don’t need to print them in advance. Once you arrive at the station you need to find the check-in area. There are computers where you will enter your reservation number or scan the QR code on your phone. Once you approved that the ticket they are displaying are yours, it will printed them. Even if you have printed the reservation email, you will need to do the check-in part… So don’t print save trees!

Once that’s done, you will pass the first checkpoint and then be directed (ishhh directed, read the board or ask if you want to be sure on which platform your train will arrive) Before boarding or sometime once you have boarded they will check your ticket again. The agent on the platform will direct you to the proper wagon according to your class. Class are also written on the side of the wagon with numbers. all of those information are also on your ticket. So, if you travel on Executive A , seat A 13; You will need to board the wagon Executive A and your seat will be A 13.

Amenities on the train

There’s of course toilet’s on the train with toilet paper but it’s like a plane toilet a bit more bumpy… There’s also a food wagon if you are hungry and sometime there’s street vendor that hop on during stop to sell you stuff. (They are not allowed in certain class) When we didn’t the trip we didn’t know there was a food wagon so we just bought a few snack along the way. I don’t really recommend it you will get hungry.