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Trans Metro Bandung — Live Tracking and QR Fares

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In 2019 Bandung began charging riders on its city buses Rp 1,000 more for paying cash, to push them off it. Whether that price gap moved anyone was never published.

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Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
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Run byBLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dinas Perhubungan Kota Bandung
Scale🏙️ City-wide

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Trans Metro Bandung has run since 23 September 2009 under a semi-autonomous unit of the city transport department, and now covers five main corridors plus two feeders. Its digital layer is a single tracking site, BEMO (Bandung Easy Mobility), which shows the real-time position of the TMB fleet alongside the Bandros tour buses and the city school buses, and helps riders find the nearest stop — one map for every vehicle the unit operates rather than an app per service. Fares can be paid in cash or by QRIS, Indonesia's national QR standard, and the operator prices them differently: Rp 4,000 in cash against Rp 3,000 by QR for a general rider, and Rp 2,000 against Rp 1,000 for a uniformed student. The same unit also runs the BOSEH bike share.

Live 📅 since 2009

🎓 Lesson

Bandung did not mandate cashless payment; in February 2019 it raised the cash fare by Rp 1,000 while leaving the cashless fare unchanged, and the head of the city transport department said the aim was to move riders off cash, not to cover costs. Whether the gap moved them is unrecorded: that August a regular rider told the press he still paid cash because most buses he used had no card reader yet — a price signal only works where the payment device is installed.

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Sources

↗ BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)Operator's service page: Trans Metro Bandung officially operating since 23 September 2009, five main corridors and two feeders with their streets and hours, real-time fleet positions on the BEMO site together with the Bandros and school buses, and the fare table — Rp 4,000 cash and Rp 3,000 by QRIS for general riders, Rp 2,000 cash and Rp 1,000 by QRIS for uniformed students.
↗ BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator)The unit's remit: managing Trans Metro Bandung, the Bandros tour bus, BOSEH bike sharing and the Bandung school buses.
↗ BEMO — Bandung Easy Mobility live map (operator)The live map itself, carrying operating information for Trans Metro Bandung, Bandros, Boseh and the school buses, with stops shown on zoom and a link to the separate Metro Jabar Trans tracker.
↗ BLUD UPTD Angkutan — service adjustments for Iduladha 2026 (26 May 2026)Holiday timetable notice: Trans Metro Bandung, Bandros, BOSEH and the school buses adjusted for Iduladha 2026, with TMB starting at 09:00 on 27 May and running normally on 28 May.
↗ Republika — Dishub raises the Trans Metro Bandung cash fare (10 Feb 2019)From 11 February 2019 the cash fare rose by Rp 1,000 to Rp 4,000 while the cashless fare stayed at Rp 3,000; the head of Dishub said the rise was not for operating needs but to move riders to cashless payment, and that corridor 4 still lacked card readers.
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↗ Republika — cheap bus fares fail to draw riders (21 Aug 2019)Reports that the city's Rp 1 special fare and the Rp 1,000 cashless discount drew few riders at launch; a regular rider said he still paid cash because most buses on his routes had no tap machine, and the transport unit counted 20 workers and seven veterans registered for the special fare.
↗ Bank Indonesia — QRIS, the national QR payment standardBank Indonesia's description of QRIS as the QR code payment standard it set for payments in Indonesia, implemented as the national standard.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2009. 4 of 7 sources carry a publication date, from 10 February 2019 to 26 May 2026.

When the sources were published

  1. Republika · pressRepublika — Dishub raises the Trans Metro Bandung cash fare (10 Feb 2019)
  2. Republika · pressRepublika — cheap bus fares fail to draw riders (21 Aug 2019)
  3. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dinas Perhubungan Kota Bandung · operatorBLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
  4. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dinas Perhubungan Kota Bandung · operatorBLUD UPTD Angkutan — service adjustments for Iduladha 2026 (26 May 2026)

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Claim 1 clm-63af21f74f33838e quantitative
Trans Metro Bandung has run since 23 September 2009
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator's service page states the service was officially put into operation on 23 September 2009.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
Claim 2 clm-89a9c40cafb50bd7 descriptive
under a semi-autonomous unit of the city transport department
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator describes Trans Metro Bandung as operated by the BLUD UPTD Angkutan of the Bandung transport department — a technical unit run as a regional public-service agency (BLUD), which gives it its own financial management.
Caveat
The sources describe today's operator; they do not say whether the same unit has run the service since 2009.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
  2. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator)
Claim 3 clm-e324a91b4b35e54c descriptive
now covers five main corridors plus two feeders
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What the mapping says
The operator's service page lists five main corridors and two feeder corridors in operation, with streets served and hours for each direction.
Caveat
The corridor list is dated September 2024; it was still published unchanged on the operator's site in October 2026.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
Claim 4 clm-f0f14f76bb52976e descriptive
a single tracking site, BEMO (Bandung Easy Mobility), which shows the real-time position of the TMB fleet alongside the Bandros tour buses and the city school buses
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator states that the Trans Metro Bandung fleet can be located in real time through the BEMO website, together with the Bandros and school-bus fleets; the BEMO map is online and carries all of the unit's services.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
  2. BEMO — Bandung Easy Mobility live map (operator)
Claim 5 clm-f5aac76c99ccd1d6 descriptive
helps riders find the nearest stop
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator says BEMO also helps users find the nearest stop and the places each route passes.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
Claim 6 clm-c8d1d97a010fac57 descriptive
Fares can be paid in cash or by QRIS
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator's fare section says payment can be made in cash or with QRIS.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
Claim 7 clm-0197afc57eb8d2e8 descriptive
Indonesia's national QR standard
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Bank Indonesia describes QRIS as the QR code payment standard it set for payments in Indonesia, implemented as the national standard.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Bank Indonesia — QRIS, the national QR payment standard
Claim 8 clm-e637f3b6604045f0 quantitative
Rp 4,000 in cash against Rp 3,000 by QR for a general rider, and Rp 2,000 against Rp 1,000 for a uniformed student
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator's fare table gives Rp 4,000 for general riders and Rp 2,000 for students, and a QRIS charge of Rp 3,000 for general riders and Rp 1,000 for uniformed students.
Caveat
Fare table dated September 2024.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
Claim 9 clm-9f2979dfa858a155 descriptive
The same unit also runs the BOSEH bike share.
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The unit's own description lists BOSEH bike sharing among the services it manages, alongside Trans Metro Bandung, Bandros and the school buses.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator)
Claim 10 clm-e4e9d5aba9b3dc55 descriptive
Bandung did not mandate cashless payment
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The operator's fare section still accepts cash alongside QRIS.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024)
Claim 11 clm-a3f219254df7b91c quantitative
in February 2019 it raised the cash fare by Rp 1,000 while leaving the cashless fare unchanged
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The head of Dishub told Republika the cash fare would rise by Rp 1,000 to Rp 4,000 from 11 February 2019, while the cashless fare stayed at Rp 3,000.
Caveat
In 2019 cashless meant bank e-money cards (Brizzi, Tapcash); QRIS payment came later.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Republika — Dishub raises the Trans Metro Bandung cash fare (10 Feb 2019)
Claim 12 clm-d9da5efb6cc2c551 descriptive
the head of the city transport department said the aim was to move riders off cash, not to cover costs
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
He said the increase was not about the service's operating needs but meant to invite riders to switch to cashless payment, ahead of a planned fare integration.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Republika — Dishub raises the Trans Metro Bandung cash fare (10 Feb 2019)
Claim 13 clm-d9dbf2b069b2e9a5 descriptive
that August a regular rider told the press he still paid cash because most buses he used had no card reader yet
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this file
What the mapping says
Republika quoted a regular Trans Metro Bandung rider who said the Rp 1,000 e-money discount was worthwhile but that most buses on his routes had no tap machine, so he kept paying cash.
Caveat
One rider's account at launch, not a measurement; no later figure on the share of cash and cashless fares has been published.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Republika — cheap bus fares fail to draw riders (21 Aug 2019)
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dinas Perhubungan Kota Bandung
Actor types
city-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
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Ownership
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7 source dossiers

BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator, 26 Sept 2024) uptangkutan-bandung.id · 8 linked claims

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src-2a481d139b358e5c
Publisher
Name not classified · uptangkutan-bandung.id
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-09-26
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-13
Dossier created
2026-10-13
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Locator
Open the recorded source note

Operator's service page: Trans Metro Bandung officially operating since 23 September 2009, five main corridors and two feeders with their streets and hours, real-time fleet positions on the BEMO site together with the Bandros and school buses, and the fare table — Rp 4,000 cash and Rp 3,000 by QRIS for general riders, Rp 2,000 cash and Rp 1,000 by QRIS for uniformed students.

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Claims linked
BLUD UPTD Angkutan, Dishub Kota Bandung (operator) uptangkutan-bandung.id · 2 linked claims

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src-7a2c45e98103bd85
Publisher
Name not classified · uptangkutan-bandung.id
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-13
Dossier created
2026-10-13
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The unit's remit: managing Trans Metro Bandung, the Bandros tour bus, BOSEH bike sharing and the Bandung school buses.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
BEMO — Bandung Easy Mobility live map (operator) bemo.uptangkutan-bandung.id · 1 linked claim

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src-c50d68e2f224f047
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Name not classified · bemo.uptangkutan-bandung.id
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web-page · language not classified
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Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-13
Dossier created
2026-10-13
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The live map itself, carrying operating information for Trans Metro Bandung, Bandros, Boseh and the school buses, with stops shown on zoom and a link to the separate Metro Jabar Trans tracker.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
BLUD UPTD Angkutan — service adjustments for Iduladha 2026 (26 May 2026) uptangkutan-bandung.id · background

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src-ef4f6a1eb15ea856
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Name not classified · uptangkutan-bandung.id
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-05-26
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-10-13
Dossier created
2026-10-13
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Holiday timetable notice: Trans Metro Bandung, Bandros, BOSEH and the school buses adjusted for Iduladha 2026, with TMB starting at 09:00 on 27 May and running normally on 28 May.

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Republika — Dishub raises the Trans Metro Bandung cash fare (10 Feb 2019) news.republika.co.id · 2 linked claims

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src-ac40d6ee012ef1b1
Publisher
Name not classified · news.republika.co.id
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-02-10
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-13
Dossier created
2026-10-13
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

From 11 February 2019 the cash fare rose by Rp 1,000 to Rp 4,000 while the cashless fare stayed at Rp 3,000; the head of Dishub said the rise was not for operating needs but to move riders to cashless payment, and that corridor 4 still lacked card readers.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Republika — cheap bus fares fail to draw riders (21 Aug 2019) news.republika.co.id · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-dcbb9c6faf71ede2
Publisher
Name not classified · news.republika.co.id
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-08-21
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-13
Dossier created
2026-10-13
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Reports that the city's Rp 1 special fare and the Rp 1,000 cashless discount drew few riders at launch; a regular rider said he still paid cash because most buses on his routes had no tap machine, and the transport unit counted 20 workers and seven veterans registered for the special fare.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Bank Indonesia — QRIS, the national QR payment standard bi.go.id · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · bi.go.id
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-10-13
Dossier created
2026-10-13
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Bank Indonesia's description of QRIS as the QR code payment standard it set for payments in Indonesia, implemented as the national standard.

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Claims linked
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  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Trans Metro Bandung — Live Tracking and QR Fares” — Bandung, Indonesia. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/bandung-tmb-tracking-fares/ (last verified 2026-10-13). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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