Palur Station (PL)
is a class-III
railway station
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located in Dagen, Jaten,
Karanganyar Regency
Karanganyar Regency ( jv, ꦏꦫꦁꦲꦚꦂ) is a regency in the Indonesian province of Central Java. It covers an area of 773.79 km2 and had a population of 813,196 at the 2010 Census and 931,963 at the 2020 Census. Its capital is the tow ...
,
Central Java
Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...
, Indonesia. The station is located at an altitude of +93 meters and only serves
KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line
KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line (also called KRL Yogya–Solo, informally KRL Jogja–Solo, KRL Solo–Jogja or KRL Joglo) is a commuter rail system in Indonesia serving Greater Yogyakarta in Special Region of Yogyakarta and Greater Surakarta (Solo) ...
. The station is about 100 meters to the northeast from Karanganyar main highway (''Jalan Raya Karanganyar'') and not far from the national highway linking nearby city of
Surakarta
Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoh ...
and
Surabaya
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in
East Java
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.
The station was built by
Staatsspoorwegen
''Staatsspoorwegen'' (Dutch for State Railways, full name: ''Dienst der Staatsspoor- en Tramwegen in Nederlandsch–Indië'' (State Railways and Tramways Service in the Netherlands Indies, ''SS en T''), commonly abbreviated as SS) was a railway co ...
, originally with three tracks. After the double track to began operation on 5 March 2019 and to on 20 August 2019, the number of tracks became four. The Staatsspoorwegen-built building was demolished to make way for the tracks, and replaced with a new building located southeast of the old one.
Palur Station was previously serving ''
Prambanan Express
Prambanan Express ( id, Prambanan Ekspres), commonly abbreviated as Pramex (in English) and Prameks (in Indonesian) is a commuter rail service that operates between Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta and Kutoarjo, Purworejo Regency, Central ...
'' commuter rail to until December 2011. Between 2021 and 2022, the railway electrification extended into the station, as the preparation for the planned extension of
KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line
KAI Commuter Yogyakarta Line (also called KRL Yogya–Solo, informally KRL Jogja–Solo, KRL Solo–Jogja or KRL Joglo) is a commuter rail system in Indonesia serving Greater Yogyakarta in Special Region of Yogyakarta and Greater Surakarta (Solo) ...
. On 17 August 2022 the station, alongside Solo Jebres, underwent a public trial of the Yogyakarta Line service, and officially opened shortly thereafter. The station become the easternmost station served by the line.
Station layout
Services
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Yogyakarta Line, to
Supporting transportation
Gallery
File:Stasiun Palur.jpg, The old building and elevation of the station in 2010
References
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Railway stations in Central Java
Stations of Daop VI Yogyakarta