Steam Loco Jaladara

Steam Loco Jaladara or called by "Sepur Kluthuk" will traverse the city of Surakarta, 27 September 2009 has been inaugurated by the Minister of Transportation Jusman Shafi'i Djamal with the Governor of Central Java Solo Mayor Joko Widodo and housed in the mayor's official residence lodges infatuated Solo.

Circuit Jaladara steam trainconsisted of one locomotive and two Series C 1218 Series carriage of passengers with TR 144 and TR 16. Jaladara tourist steam train locomotive was made ​​in Germany in 1896, taken from the Museum Theater Ambarawa, while carriage of Magelang and Bandung.

The ceremony steam train tours of the city of Surakarta is unbelievably festive train carsdecorated with batik cloth and wrapped with black cloth, the launch of the first steam train on the mark with a pitcher by the minister of communications solutions and accompanied by the mayor and deputy mayor and witnessed by thousands people in Surakarta city. 

Kluthuk Jaladara railroad, the plan will operate 2 times in tweaks is every Saturday and Sunday with the route Puwosari Station to Station Sangkrah which is approximately 5.6 kilometers. 

This route through Jalan Slamet Riyadi, the main street of Solo and the plan will stop some time at several stops in one trip back and forth, including the Village Laweyan, Loji Gandrung, Ngapeman, Pon Market, Royal Palace, Gladak, and others. 100,000 for a single ticket prices go up. because to operate a tourist steam train this requires no small cost in a one-way commute, three cubic woods teak is only railway passenger capacity of about 80 people only. Surakarta mayor hopes that this Jaladara Steam Loco will be the main attraction the city of Surakarta.

                             

source: http://www.surakarta.go.id/