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About IndonesiaTransport.com
The islands, lines and crossings in this guide
Trains on Java and Sumatra, fast boats from Bali to the Nusa islands, the Gilis and Lombok, the long-distance car ferries and Pelni ships, buses and shuttles, airport transfers, and the entry rules a visitor meets on arrival. Each page answers one journey or one place: which way to go, where exactly to board, how long it takes and what it costs for a named month.
The harbours, stations and routes behind the Indonesia transport map are open data: download them from the map page, or cite the archived copy, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24192836.
The site is written in Bali by people who have lived on the island for more than 30 years.
Where every time and fare comes from
Fares, timetables and entry rules come from Indonesian government offices, the railway, port and airport authorities and the operators themselves, and every route listed is searched online for real travel dates. A page names its sources at the end. Traveller reports appear only as experience, said to be so, never as a fare or a timetable.
Report a changed fare, time or pier
A boat that moved harbour, a train that changed time, a fee nobody mentioned: if you have just made the trip and something on a page no longer matches, tell us at contact@indonesiatransport.com: which page, the day you travelled and what you saw on the ground. A photo of the timetable board or your ticket settles it fastest.
Crossing on from Indonesia to the rest of Southeast Asia
Many trips here start or end in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur or Bangkok. The same small team writes a transport guide for five neighbouring countries:
Questions about this site
Is this an official government or operator site?
No. It has no tie to any Indonesian ministry, port, airport, railway or boat company. When a fact comes from one of them, the page names it under its sources.
My boat or train ticket needs changing: who handles it?
No. A booking made through a link here is handled by the booking partner or by the operator you travel with, and only they can change or refund it.
Does any boat company or airline pay for its place on a page?
No. Nobody pays for a place on a page, and no operator gets a say in what a page says about it.