Rail transport in Indonesia
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Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
has three (soon to be four) unconnected railway lines in the northernmost province of Aceh
Aceh
Aceh is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Daerah Istimewa Aceh , Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam and Aceh . Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin...
, North Sumatra (the area surrounding Medan
Medan
- Demography :The city is Indonesia's fourth most populous after Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung, and Indonesia's largest city outside of Java island. Much of the population lies outside its city limits, especially in Deli Serdang....
, West Sumatra (Padang
Padang, Indonesia
Padang is the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the western coast of Sumatra at . It has an area of and a population of over 833,000 people at the 2010 Census.-History:...
and its environs), and South Sumatra and Lampung.
Indonesia's railways are operated by the state-owned PT Kereta Api, and the newly formed PT Kereta Api Jabotabek
KRL Jabotabek
KRL Commuter Jabodetabek or simply KRL Jabodetabek is a mass rapid transit system in Jabodetabek, Indonesia. It is an acronym for Kereta Rel Listrik Jakarta Bogor Depok Tangerang Bekasi which can be loosely translated into Jabodetabek electrified rail. KRL Jabodetabek serves commuters in Jakarta,...
, operating the commuter lines in the Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
metropolitan area. The infrastructure is state-owned, and the companies pay a fee for the usage of the railway lines.
Indonesia's rail gauge is , although and lines previously existed. New construction in Aceh has the gauge. Most of the Jakarta metropolitan area is electrified at 1500 V DC overhead.
Various narrow gauge industrial tramways operate in Java and Sumatra, serving the sugarcane and oil palm industries.
Before 1949
Semarang
- Economy :The western part of the city is home to many industrial parks and factories. The port of Semarang is located on the north coast and it is the main shipping port for the province of Central Java. Many small manufacturers are located in Semarang, producing goods such as textiles,...
and Tanggung—both in Central Java
Central Java
Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...
—on 17 June 1864 by the Dutch colonial government
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Netherlands government in 1800....
. The line opened in 1867 and later continued to Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta (city)
Yogyakarta is a city in the Yogyakarta Special Region, Indonesia. It is renowned as a centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows. Yogyakarta was the Indonesian capital during the Indonesian National Revolution from 1945 to...
. This privately owned line used the gauge. Later construction by both private and state railway companies used the gauge. By 1894, the main cities of Java, Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
(then Batavia) and Surabaya
Surabaya
Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...
were already rail-connected. By the 1920s, the system in Java had reached its greatest extent, with most towns and cities connected by rail, with branches and tramways connecting sugar plantations to factories.
The separate railway systems in Sumatra have interesting histories. The gauge Aceh Tramway was a military railway built for "pacification" of the area, the Deli system served a plantation area, the West Sumatran system transporting coal from inland mines to the port at Padang. The South Sumatran system, finished in the 1930s served a fertile plantation area and an important coal mine.
The Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
of the 1930s put paid to plans of constructing railway lines in Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, Celebes
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
, connecting the lines in Sumatra and electrification of the lines in Java. The Japanese occupation period during the Second World War saw the loss of the standard gauge line and scores of locomotives, being transported to Malaya
British Malaya
British Malaya loosely described a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the Island of Singapore that were brought under British control between the 18th and the 20th centuries...
, Burma and elsewhere.
1949 - present
The Japanese occupation and the Indonesian War of Independence left Indonesia's railways in a poor condition. A batch of 100 steam locomotives were ordered in 1950, and in 1953 the first mainline diesel-electric locomotive was purchased from the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Dieselisation continued apace, and by the 1980s most mainline services have been dieselised. Electric multiple units were also obtained from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
beginning in the 1970s, replacing 60-year-old electric locomotives.
Since the independence era, all mainline railways in Indonesia have been managed by the government. The owners of the private railway were compensated first, but the system was fully nationalised in 1971.
Construction of new railway lines has been few and far between, and most new construction is concentrated on double- and quad-tracking of existing railway lines. Most of the former tramway lines have been closed, reducing the mileage from about 7000 km to only 3000 km.
Passenger services
Other than in West Sumatra, where only weekly tourist trains operate, PT Kereta Api (Persero) provides extensive passenger services. Various classes are available, from executive class air conditionedAir conditioning
An air conditioner is a home appliance, system, or mechanism designed to dehumidify and extract heat from an area. The cooling is done using a simple refrigeration cycle...
, reclining seat coaches comparable to the better classes of other country's railways, through non-air conditioned business class coaches having reclining seats, to the hard bench
Bench (furniture)
A bench is a piece of furniture, on which several people may sit at the same time. Benches are typically made of wood, but may also be made of metal, stone, or synthetic materials. Many benches have arm and back rests; some have no back rest and can be sat on from either side. In public areas,...
non-air conditioned economy class coaches for the cheaper trains.
Passenger trains run during daytime and evenings. As distances are not too great, no sleeping car
Sleeping car
The sleeping car or sleeper is a railway/railroad passenger car that can accommodate all its passengers in beds of one kind or another, primarily for the purpose of making nighttime travel more restful. The first such cars saw sporadic use on American railroads in the 1830s and could be configured...
s are provided, although non-airconditioned trains generally run in the evenings to alleviate the discomforts.
In Java, most trains connect Jakarta and the hinterland
Hinterland
The hinterland is the land or district behind a coast or the shoreline of a river. Specifically, by the doctrine of the hinterland, the word is applied to the inland region lying behind a port, claimed by the state that owns the coast. The area from which products are delivered to a port for...
. Regional (or "cross-country" services) have not developed fully. Between pairs of important cities such as Jakarta and Bandung, intensive hourly services are provided.
Most passenger trains in Indonesia, except commuter locals were named. The names varied from plainly descriptive such as Depok Ekspres (a fast service between Jakarta and Depok
Depok
Depok is a city in West Java province, Indonesia on the western border of DKI Jakarta in the Jabodetabek metropolitan region. The "de" in Jabodetabek refers to Depok, while the word "depok" itself comes from Sundanese language meaning hermitage or abode of one living in seclusion.It has an area of...
), through Logawa (name of a river near Purwokerto
Purwokerto
Purwokerto is a city on the island of Java in Indonesia. It is the capital of Banyumas Regency, Central Java region. The estimated population of the city in 2005 was 249,705.-Geography:...
, which is served by the train), Argo Lawu (Mt. Lawu, an extinct volcano near Solo, which is served by the said express train), to more or less meaningless, though romantic, names such as Bangunkarta (abbreviation of names of cities it serves: Jombang
Jombang
Jombang may refer to the following places in Indonesia:*Jombang Regency, a regency of East Java**Jombang, Jombang, a subdistrict of Jombang, East Java*Jombang, Jember, a subdistrict of Jember, East Java*Jombang, Cilegon, a subdistrict of Cilegon, Banten...
-Madiun
Madiun
Madiun is a city in the western part of the province of East Java Indonesia, an agricultural centre. It is the capital of the regency of the same name....
-Jakarta) and Matarmaja (Malang
Malang
Malang is the second largest city in East Java province, Indonesia. It has an ancient history dating back to the Mataram Kingdom. The city population at the 2010 Census was 819,708. During the period of Dutch colonization, it was a popular destination for European residents. The city is famous for...
-Blitar
Blitar
Blitar is a city which is the capital of a regency with the same name in East Java, Indonesia, about 73 kilometers from Malang and 167 kilometers from Surabaya. The area lies within longitude 111° 40' - 112° 09' East and its latitude is 8° 06' South...
-Madiun-Jakarta).
Railway passenger services experienced a renaissance in the 1995-1999 period, with the introduction of many new passenger expresses. With the advent of cheap airplane tickets, PT Kereta Api has experienced a downturn in the number of passengers carried, though the number has stabilized and most trains remain at more than 50% occupancy rate.
Women only carriages
As response to many reports of sexual harassments in public places, including commuter trains and buses, PT Kereta Api has launched women-only carriages in some commuter trains in Jakarta metropolitan area in August 2010.List of named economy class passenger trains in Java
| Train name | Route | Class | Notes |
| Bengawan | Jakarta Tanah Abang - Solo Jebres | Economy | |
| Bogowonto | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Kutuarjo | Economy | with air conditioner (AC) |
| Brantas | Jakarta Tanah Abang - Kediri | Economy | via Semarang - Solo |
| Gaya Baru Malam Selatan | Jakarta Kota - Surabaya Gubeng | Economy | |
| Kahuripan | Padalarang (Bandung) - Kediri | Economy | |
| Kertajaya | Jakarta Tanjung Priok - Surabaya Pasar Turi | Economy | |
| Kutojaya | Jakarta Tanah Abang - Kutuarjo | Economy | |
| Kutojaya Selatan | Kiaracondong (Bandung) - Kutuarjo | Economy | |
| Logawa | Purwokerto - Jember | Economy | via Surabaya |
| Matarmaja | Pasar Senen - Malang | Economy | |
| Pasundan | Kiaracondong (Bandung) - Surabaya Gubeng | Economy | |
| Penataran | Surabaya Kota - Blitar | Economy | via Malang |
| Probowangi | Probolinggo - Banyuwangi | Economy | |
| Progo | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Yogyakarta Lempuyangan | Economy | |
| Rapih Dhoho | Surabaya Kota - Blitar | Economy | via Kertosono |
| Serayu | Jakarta Kota - Kroya | Economy | via Bandung |
| Sri Tanjung | Yogyakarta Lempuyangan - Banyuwangi Baru | Economy | via Surabaya |
| Tawang Alun | Malang - Banyuwangi | Economy | |
| Tawang Jaya | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Semarang Poncol | Economy | |
| Tegal Arum | Pasar Senen - Tegal | Economy | |
List of named executive and business class passenger trains in Java
| Train name | Route | Class | Notes |
| Argo Bromo Anggrek | Jakarta Gambir - Surabaya Pasar Turi | Executive | Commonly called "Argo Anggrek" |
| Argo Dwipangga | Jakarta Gambir - Solo Balapan | Executive | Via Yogyakarta |
| Argo Jati | Jakarta Gambir - Cirebon | Executive | |
| Argo Lawu | Jakarta Gambir - Solo Balapan | Executive | Via Yogyakarta |
| Argo Muria | Jakarta Gambir - Semarang Tawang | Executive | |
| Argo Parahyangan | Jakarta Gambir - Bandung | Executive and business | |
| Argo Sindoro | Jakarta Gambir - Semarang Tawang | Executive | |
| Argo Wilis | Bandung - Surabaya Gubeng | Executive | Via Yogyakarta |
| Bangunkarta | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Jombang | Executive | |
| Bima | Jakarta Gambir - Surabaya Gubeng | Executive | Via Yogyakarta |
| Cirebon Ekspres | Jakarta Gambir - Cirebon / Tegal | Executive and business | |
| Fajar Utama Semarang | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Semarang Tawang | Business | |
| Fajar Utama Yogyakarta | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Yogyakarta Tugu | Business | |
| Gajayana | Jakarta Kota - Malang | Executive | Via Yogyakarta |
| Gumarang | Jakarta Kota - Surabaya Pasar Turi | Executive and business | |
| Harina | Bandung - Semarang | Executive and business | |
| Lodaya | Bandung - Solo Balapan | Executive and business | Via Yogyakarta |
| Malabar Express | Bandung - Malang | Executive, business and economy plus | Via Yogyakarta |
| Merak Jaya | Jakarta Kota - Merak | Business | |
| Mutiara Selatan | Bandung - Surabaya Gubeng | Business | Via Yogyakarta |
| Mutiara Timur | Banyuwangi - Surabaya Gubeng | Executive and business | |
| Purwojaya | Jakarta Gambir - Cilacap | Executive and business | |
| Rajawali | Surabaya Pasar Turi - Semarang | Executive and business | |
| Sancaka | Yogyakarta Tugu - Surabaya Gubeng | Executive and business | |
| Sawunggalih | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Kutoarjo | Executive and business | |
| Sembrani | Jakarta Kota - Surabaya Pasar Turi | Executive | |
| Senja Kediri | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Kediri | Business | |
| Senja Utama Semarang | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Semarang Tawang | Business | |
| Senja Utama Solo | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Solo Balapan | Business | |
| Senja Utama Yogyakarta | Jakarta Pasar Senen - Yogyakarta Tugu | Business | |
| Taksaka | Jakarta Gambir - Yogyakarta Tugu | Executive | |
| Turangga | Bandung - Surabaya Gubeng | Executive | Via Yogyakarta |
Rail Network
Most of active railway network in Indonesia mainly is operated in JavaJava
Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
and connecting main cities in the island; from Merak
Merak
Merak is a city and seaport in Cilegon, Banten, on the northwestern tip of Java, Indonesia. The port and town are named after the Green Peafowl, which once lived in the region, but is now very rare...
in western edge to Banyuwangi
Banyuwangi
The Regency of Banyuwangi is located at the easternmost end of the Indonesian island of Java and it is a very strategic area for those who want to go to Bali, since it also serves as an important ferry port between Java and Bali. It is surrounded by mountains and forests to the west; by sea to the...
in eastern edge. However several unconnected railway networks built during Netherlands East Indies exist in Sumatra
Sumatra
Sumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
, such as the ones connecting Banda Aceh
Banda Aceh
Banda Aceh is the provincial capital and largest city in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, located on the island of Sumatra, with an elevation of 35 meters. The city regency covers an area of 64 square kilometres and according to the 2000 census had a population of 219,070 people...
-Lhokseumawe
Lhokseumawe
Lhokseumawe is the second largest city in Aceh province, Indonesia. It faces the Malacca Strait, and is surrounded by North Aceh Regency . The city covers an area of 212 square kilometres. According to the 2000 census Lhokseumawe had a population of 188,974 people...
-Medan
Medan
- Demography :The city is Indonesia's fourth most populous after Jakarta, Surabaya, and Bandung, and Indonesia's largest city outside of Java island. Much of the population lies outside its city limits, especially in Deli Serdang....
-Tebingtinggi-Pematang Siantar
Pematang Siantar
Pematangsiantar is an independent city in North Sumatera, Indonesia, surrounded by, but not part of, the Simalungun Regency...
-Rantau Prapat in Northern Sumatra, Padang
Padang, Indonesia
Padang is the capital and largest city of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It is located on the western coast of Sumatra at . It has an area of and a population of over 833,000 people at the 2010 Census.-History:...
-Solok
Solok
Solok is a city in West Sumatra, Indonesia. Its motto is Kota Beras, which means "the rice city". It has an area of 57.34 km² and a population of over 52,100 people.-External links:...
-Bukittinggi
Bukittinggi
Bukittinggi is one of the larger cities in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of over 91,000 people and an area of 25.24 km². It is situated in the Minangkabau highlands, 90 km by road from the West Sumatran capital city of Padang. It is located at , near the volcanoes Mount...
in West Sumatra
West Sumatra
West Sumatra is a province of Indonesia. It lies on the west coast of the island Sumatra. It borders the provinces of North Sumatra to the north, Riau and Jambi to the east, and Bengkulu to the southeast. It includes the Mentawai Islands off the coast...
, and Bandar Lampung
Bandar Lampung
- External links :*...
-Palembang
Palembang
Palembang is the capital city of the South Sumatra province in Indonesia. Palembang is one of the oldest cities in Indonesia, and has a history of being a capital of a maritime empire. Located on the Musi River banks on the east coast of southern Sumatra island, it has an area of 400.61 square...
-Lahat-Lubuk Linggau in Southern Sumatra.
Argo Network
Note: KA Argo Gede does not exist anymore. As replacement, KA Argo Parahyangan trains operate the same route.
Freight services
The railway system in Java is more or less a passenger-oriented system, and there are few freight services, due to the limited capacity of the tracks. Some notable freight service in Java include the Kalimas containerContainerization
Containerization is a system of freight transport based on a range of steel intermodal containers...
train and the Parcel
Package delivery
Package delivery or parcel delivery is the shipping of packages or high value mail as single shipments. While the service is provided by most postal systems, private package delivery services have also existed in competition with and in place of public postal services.-Package delivery in the...
train between Jakarta and Surabaya, petroleum
Petroleum
Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights and other liquid organic compounds, that are found in geologic formations beneath the Earth's surface. Petroleum is recovered mostly through oil drilling...
trains between refineries
Refinery
A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.-Types of refineries:Different types of refineries are as follows:...
or oil pipe terminals and oil depots, and quartz
Quartz
Quartz is the second-most-abundant mineral in the Earth's continental crust, after feldspar. It is made up of a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra, with each oxygen being shared between two tetrahedra, giving an overall formula SiO2. There are many different varieties of quartz,...
sand trains in Central Java.
On the other hand, the system in South Sumatra is rather freight-oriented. Coal unit train
Unit train
A unit train, also called a block train, is a railway train in which all the cars making it up are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route...
s, carrying coal for an electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
plant are given priority over passenger trains. In West Sumatra, the remaining railway line serves the cement
Cement
In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...
plant at Indarung, near Padang, and in North Sumatra, several oil palm
Oil palm
The oil palms comprise two species of the Arecaceae, or palm family. They are used in commercial agriculture in the production of palm oil. The African Oil Palm Elaeis guineensis is native to West Africa, occurring between Angola and Gambia, while the American Oil Palm Elaeis oleifera is native to...
and rubber
Rubber
Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...
plantations are served by freight trains.
Interesting facts
Several "last" steam locomotives were built for Indonesia. E1060, a 1966-built rack steam locomotive (Esslingen 5316) is operable in Ambarawa railway museum. BB84, the last Mallet locomotive built for a non-tourist railway (according to Durrant) was built by Nippon Sharyo Keizo Kaisha in 1962 (works number 2007). This locomotive was plinthed in Banda Aceh and survived the December 2004 tsunami. Unfortunately, the locomotive is in a rather poor condition with its valve gearValve gear
The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle...
and cylinder pistons missing (as of March 2006).
Although not a locomotive of the state railway system, the former Trangkil 4 (Hunslet
Hunslet Engine Company
The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...
3902), when built in 1971, was the last steam locomotive built in Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
. Sadly, this locomotive had been repatriated.
Preserved locomotives
Indonesia had various types of locomotives, being the legacy of the many different companies. Surprisingly, only three steam locomotives remain in operable condition, all located in the Ambarawa Railway MuseumAmbarawa Railway Museum
The Ambarawa Railway Museum, is a museum located in Ambarawa in Central Java, Indonesia. The museum focuses on the collection of steam locomotives, the remains of the closing of the 3 ft 6in railway line.-Museum building and location:...
. On the other hand, static steam locomotive displays are located in the Transportation Museum (under the auspices of the Department of Transportation) in Jakarta's Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah or "Beautiful Indonesia Miniature Park" is a culture-based recreational area located in East Jakarta, Indonesia. It has an area of about...
(Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park) and Ambarawa Railway Museum (managed by PT Kereta Api) in Central Java. Plinthed locomotives can also be found in most cities and towns. Somewhat surprisingly, few non-locomotive rolling stock were preserved.
Four operatable industrial steam locomotives are present, with two more preserved, at the Cepu Forest Railway
Cepu forest railway
The Cepu Forest Railway is a light logging railway of gauge that runs through teak plantations to the northwest of the town of Cepu on the boundary between Central and East Java provinces,on the island of Java in Indonesia...
. This currently represents the largest concentration of active preserved steam locomotives in Indonesia.
With the Asian economic crisis of 1997, remaining hulks of steam locomotives formerly standing in former depots became valuable for their scrap value, and by 2000, most locomotives not already plinthed or sent to museums were scrapped, presumably illegally.
A list of preserved locomotives can be found here.
2010
- In 2010, the island of KalimantanKalimantanIn English, the term Kalimantan refers to the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo, while in Indonesian, the term "Kalimantan" refers to the whole island of Borneo....
is to get a 122km long standard gaugeStandard gaugeThe standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...
railway for the transport of coal.- Maura Wahau mine
- Bengalon port
See also
- PT Kereta Api
- Transport in Indonesia
- KRL JabotabekKRL JabotabekKRL Commuter Jabodetabek or simply KRL Jabodetabek is a mass rapid transit system in Jabodetabek, Indonesia. It is an acronym for Kereta Rel Listrik Jakarta Bogor Depok Tangerang Bekasi which can be loosely translated into Jabodetabek electrified rail. KRL Jabodetabek serves commuters in Jakarta,...
- Cepu Forest RailwayCepu forest railwayThe Cepu Forest Railway is a light logging railway of gauge that runs through teak plantations to the northwest of the town of Cepu on the boundary between Central and East Java provinces,on the island of Java in Indonesia...
Further reading
- How the Railroad is Modernising Asia, The Advertiser, Adelaide, S. Australia, 22 March 1913. N.B.: The article is of approx. 1,500 words, covering approx. a dozen Asian countries.
External links
- PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Indonesian Railways) Website (Indonesia)
- Railways Info (Indonesia)
- Jabotabek Train Website
- Jakarta Commuter Railways Routes and Schedules (Indonesia)