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Metropolitan area in East Java, Indonesia
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By train
The national rail operator Kereta Api runs multiple daily trains from Jakarta and several other cities in East Java, with both daytime and overnight services available.
By car
Most of the cities in Surabaya Metropolitan Area is well connected from a few of Java island's large cities, thanks to the Trans-Java toll road.
By bus
Trans Jatim bus corridor 1 links Gresik, Surabaya, and Sidoarjo. Also Trans Semanggi Suroboyo and Suroboyo Bus serve some routes in Surabaya.
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capital of the East Java province; Indonesia's second-largest city and a huge industrial sprawl
Gresik is a town in East Java. It's the seat of the regency that bears the same name.
Lamongan (Javanese: ꦭꦩꦺꦴꦁꦔꦤ꧀) is a town at the Surabaya Metropolitan Area in East Java.
Sidoarjo is a town in East Java.
an island with deer and a white sand beach
mountainous district
mountainous district
the site of the capital city of the Majapahit Empire
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