Karangkates railway tunnel is a railway tunnel that neared by the Karangkates Dam that build in 1965 and finished in 1970 by the Government of Indonesia at the same time the construction of the Karangkates Dam.
This railway tunnel has the number wisdom building 357. This railway tunnel is located between the Lahor railway bridge and the Dwi Bakti Karya railway tunnel (Karangkates II).
History On late 1961, work began on the Karangkates Dam for electricity generation, flood management, and irrigation purposes. The dam's reservoir area was planned to inundate the railway line between and . Therefore, the government had to relocate the railway line to the north of the dam. This new line required two tunnels, one of which was the Karangkates railway tunnel I.
Construction of the new tunnel began in February 1965. However, due to cost constraints, the project was halted and only resumed in 1967. The relocation of the railway line and its two tunnels was inaugurated by the Minister of Public Works and Electricity and the Minister of Transportation on 1 April 1970.
Service Here's train that entering the Karangkates I and Karangkates II railway tunnel:
Passenger Inter-city rail +Southern Java railway Train name RouteExecutive Gajayana –Executive-Premium EconomyMalabar–Executive-EconomyMalioboro Express–Kertanegara
+Northern Java railway Train name RouteExecutiveBrawijaya––Executive-Economy Brantas––JayabayaPasar Senen––EconomyMajapahit ––MatarmajaPasar Senen––Malang
Local (Commuter Line) Train nameRoute Dhoho Commuter Line – via Blitar– Penataran Commuter Line Surabaya Kota–Blitar via Tumapel Commuter Line Surabaya Kota–
Freight Train name Route Overnight train service Parcel Middle Parcel
Incident A landslide and flooding occurred in front of the Karangkates I railway tunnel on 18 October 2022. During the normalization process, several trains such as the Matarmaja (281) and Gajayana (71) detoured via the Malang–Sidoarjo–Mojokerto–Kertosono Line. On 20 October 2022 at 11.00 WIB, the line was passable by trains but with a speed limited to 40 km/h (24 mph).
See also Kertosono–Bangil railway
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