Numbers during a return trip
Solo Balapan — Bandung with train
This story is about yesterday trip from Solo Balapan station to Bandung station. Instead of telling about the trip or hotel or foods or views, it tells about numbers encountered during the trip. The ide is is little bit wierd, isn’t? Or you think it is just a normal story? Tell about your thought in the comment.
11:13:18
It is the time as the board is captured using a smatrphone.
There are five trains to be served until 12:05 local time.
9
There are some Argo Wilis trains and the one to use is the number 9.
The train to board is Argo Wilis 9 on track 4 at 11:30 GMT+07.
5·6
The platforms 5 an 6 are located in different area or hall than the platforms 1–4.
After walk through platforms 1–4 north to south in the main hall, you will find an isley to the other hall, where platforms 5–6 are located.
+93
Elevation of a city is sometimes important to display.
The city of Surakarta, JawaTengah has elevation of +93 m.
4
Platforms number are important to show.
As passangers walk from one side (north) to other side (south) of the main hall, they must be able to see the numbers for navigation.
7
A train has several wagons.
In the Argo Wilis 9 my seat is in the wagon number 7.
4C
It would be 4·16 +12 = 76 in decimal number if 4C is a hexadecimal number.
Well, it is actually the seat number. The available letters are A, B, C, and D, from left window, near the isle, and to the right window, in the direction of the train go.
100%
There is also number in the lavatory. For men is at left side and for women is at right side, in the back of the wagon.
The claim says that the entire lavatory is made by Balai Yasa Manggarai, 100%.
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It is another pride of the achievements of the country as I informed, where the previous one is Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS).
3
The train stops only 3 minutes at Banjar station as announced. Since the information is delivered using audio, there will be no photo about it as proof.
175°
Is it a unit for angle of an incline, temperature of an object, or position in the map?
Well, it is a temperature for heating the food before serving it. I am not get used to it and in a train trip it is also impossible to do that. But perhaps when it is bought for takeaway and will be eaten at home, this direction for serving can be tried. Just to test whether it does add something to the experience in enjoying the food.
1
It is number indicating the 1st step in opening a convenience onigiri.
There is an article about how to open an convenience rice ball and are also many videos available.
11
It stops right now at Tasikmalaya station. There is not any information about three minutes, I do not pay attention to it, or it does stop longer tha that, since do not experience such waiting moment compared to other station previously.
I just notice 15:50 as writing this part and it stops a couple minutes before it. The bell rings and it moves at about 15:53.
It is 11 minutes late as announced due to queue of trains where one of the locomotive has a problem. Another delay will be futher informed.
16:44
It is the time when Argo Wilis 9 leaving Cipeundeuy station. No visual nor audio prooves recorded. Bandung should be the next and the last station, shouldn’t it?
1h42m
It is the time required by the train to arrive at Bandung station when depart from from Cipeundeuy station.
I can get the information from Google Maps since the train uses its track and Google maps uses roads. But I can use Traveloca to get the planned time duration but not the dynamic estimated time.
From Traveloka and observed time when it is leaving Cipeundeuy, the trans is still less than 10 minutes late.
8
It stops at Leles statiom since 17:28 and waits for other trains. It is announced that the lateness is about 8 minutes. It departs at about 17:34. The stop lasts about six minutes.
23
I just notice that there is digital, still dot and seven segment, display showing room temperature and also wagon number.
It shows 23 °C. Perhaps not cool enough for people in common, butfor me it is comfortable.
16
Queue in Nagrek station will cause about 16 minutes late. It stops before entering Nagrek station. It runs again at 17:56.
2
I do not observe whether the female lavatory has number 1 or not.
I assume that it is code for numbering for all the lavatories including for females and males.
10
It is 18:28 and announces to prepare for Bandung station with 10 minutes late from planned schedule.
It ends at about 18:30 and passangers are going out.
The train arrives at platform number 4. It is now 19:04 and consider this story ended.
