I rode Economy class on Jakarta's high speed bullet train called WHOOSH! This travel experience was even better than I expected.
It was super luxury and modern, not only in first class but also the business class was amazing too.
The Whoosh bullet train can reach a top speed of 355km/h which is really impressive. You really don't feel like you're going that fast whilst inside the carriage of the train.
The Jakarta's Whoosh high-speed train, which cost $7.3 billion to build. As of May 2024, there are 48 daily trips on the Whoosh.
I began my journey at Halim station in Jakarta and was heading to Bandung. A journey that before this bullet train would take three hours, now it only takes 60minutes. That is an incredible improvement to the travel time.
Watch My First Time in Bandung
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It cost me 200,000 Indonesian Rupiah which is around $12,5. For Economy Class I would say that is a fair deal. I was really excited to see this Jakarta bullet train. There are also possibility to take First Class that cost 600,000 Rupiah about 37$
I arrived at Halim station just before departure, it was nice to see how clean and modern station was. I found a ticket booth, but It became very obvious I'm not gonna catch that train that leaves in 10 minutes. Economy class tickets were booked up so I actually had to wait for an hour to get on my train.
I boarded on train around 2:15PM and the train headed out around 2:30PM, I was super lucky to get a chance to see the front of the train as I was probably one of the last passengers on the train, they rushed me on as train was about to depart.
Upon boarding I had to walk through the train to my carriage, my seat was at carriage 4 and I was in front of the train... So I had to take a long walk on the Whoosh train to reach my carriage, It was quite a journey as some passengers were still looking their seats, but we made it eventually.
I also noticed they also had small shop to buy some drinks and snacks so I was happy as I could get some snacks while I'm on my journey to Bandung.
I bought some bread with custard like filling for about 1$, so still reasonable price considering it's quite fancy train.
It was cool to see how fast train was covering ground, I have never went so fast on the ground. Probably fastest train before that I have been was like 150km/h, Whoosh goes more than double of that. Trains in Indonesia are surely world class.
I'd recommend Whoosh train highly for people traveling from Jakarta to Bandung as it makes this journey a quick one. And to experience 350km/h with a train is something else.
Join me next time as our journey begins in Paris of Java, Bandung Indonesia! See you on next video!
📍Stasiun Kereta Cepat Halim: Halim Perdana Kusumah, Makasar, East Jakarta City, Jakarta, Indonesia
📍Stasiun Kereta Cepat Padalarang: Kertajaya, Padalarang, West Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia
📍Stasiun Bandung: Jl. Stasiun Barat, Kb. Jeruk, Kec. Andir, Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat 40181, Indonesia
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00:00 Arriving Halim Station
00:59 Ticket Booth
03:19 Got my Ticket
04:14 Security Check
05:44 Boarding the Train
07:35 Next to train
09:18 Front of Train
09:47 Train about to depart
11:25 Tour in Train
13:20 Cafe Carriage
14:30 Storing Luggage
14:55 Found my Seat
16:39 Toilet Tour
17:44 Going to Cafe
19:43 Eating Pastry
21:55 Padalarang Station
22:43 Ticket Check
24:01 Boarding the train
26:55 Happy Faces
28:04 Arrived To Bandung
29:19 Hotel Tour
32:33 Staff brings Towels
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