Surabaya Area

Pasar Turi means 'Turi Market'. It is named after Turi leaves which is used for local vegetable delicacies. The trees used to be grown around the area.

Pasar Turi Station is located to the north of Surabaya city. It is located near Turi Market (Pasar Turi) which is known for its bargain price item.

It serve mostly the express train on Javanese Northern coast line. It include the 'fastest' train in Indonesia: 'Argo Bromo Anggrek'. Although it took 9 hours for the train to arrive to its destination, with maximum speed of 110 kilometre per hour.

Before the presence of 'Argo Bromo' train, the station played second role to Gubeng Station. That's mainly due to the fact, that most of luxurious train arrived and departed from Gubeng station which is located in downtown Surabaya.

When 'Argo Bromo' train was introduced, back in 1995, it seemed that luck favoured this station. And more Jakarta-bound passengers arrived at this station. Even more when the economic crisis hit the country several years later.

Back then, large number of upper class people travelled with train, as the airline ticket become too expensive. Luck seemed to smile at this lower class-people station. As more income was generated as a result. But, several years later, things have changed. New budget Airlines sprung out. And less rich passengers travelled with train.

Rationalization means some passenger trains had to be disbanded. That's including the famous 'Argo Bromo' train. Although its replacement, Argo Bromo Anggrek remains. The station, then, fell into slight disrepair. Trash littered the platform. And the rails are flooded with mud, which made station looked rather like a rundown area.

But somewhat, passengers remain as faithfull as ever. Passengers kept flowing to the station. And despite the degraded state of the station, it still serve the main role as main station of Surabaya, for Javanese's Northern line.

	An imposing view of CC203 loco, ready to pull the famed 'Argo Bromo Anggrek' train, bound for Jakarta. This view is somewhat reminiscence of the view of the train's predecessor, 'Argo Bromo', which was deleted a few years back. Although the train was operated at night. The railway line looked more like sewage than railway line. Yuck...!
	An old merchant woman walked in front of the loco. This remind us that the station is located near a traditional market, in a low class suburb. Pasar Turi Workshop is visible in the background, as well as a bunch of CC201s.
	CC203 pulls Argo Bromo Anggrek to enter the platform for daylight service. When the train is not in use, they put the carriages on the eastern side of the station, where the line terminates. Pasar Turi Station used to be a through station. But the line to the east was closed when the nearby market (the old line is located in front of Pasar Turi Market), and the nearby road become more crowded, it was deemed unsafe to operate train on that line.
	Another view of the same loco, after it passed the station shed. Looks impressive, isn't it?
	The side view of the same loco. There is a person (probably the driver) climbing the ladder.
	The same train, taken from the nearby level crossing, after it departed from Pasar Turi Station bound for Jakarta. The person in the shade (wearing hat) is doing a good job of stopping the busy traffic, of the surrounding neighbourhood, to allow this train through.
	Having just finished its overnight duty, CC20337 was moved around station emplacement to enter the depo. Note an unusual signal on the left, used only for shunting activity. 'X' signal means no shunting duty were allowed.
	CC20337 is seen passing its sister, CC20315 which is being prepared to pull 'Argo Bromo Anggrek' daylight express train, bound for Jakarta. A CC201 is visible in the background. It is seen shunting the Anggrek cars on mysty morning in 18 September 2004.
	Another view of CC20337 while it enter the depo. CC20315 is seen on left.
	CC20337 is being turned around in the depo's turntable. Pasar Turi depo is the only railway depo in Surabaya that operate a turntable.
	The aerial view of Pasar Turi station. The freight terminal can be seen on the left. While the parked passenger cars are (from left) Gumarang, Kertajaya, and Argo Bromo Anggrek (hidden) respectively. CC20315 is seen turning its lights on inside the station, while pulling out the Argo Anggrek train. A car carrier wagon is visible on its left (right from this point of view). Pasar Turi Market's enormous building can be seen on left background.
	CC20173R shunted the Argo Bromo Anggrek cars to the cleaning and freight facility at Pasar Turi station. Note a parcel freight car, a new feature on Argo Bromo Anggrek to compensate its reduced occupation rate, a clear victim of competition with airlines. CC20173 was the first of the old CC201 to be rebuilt into an express locomotive. It featured a more powerful engine, altered gear ratio, and new livery which resemblance those of CC203 or CC201 from the last production series.