TRAIN

The first presence of railway in Indonesia is beginning since The Rodi (Slaving’ or smoothly by Dutch is “Heerensteinten”) until today. Companies were nationalized as; Djawatan Kereta Api (DKA) was established after the independence of Indonesia, on September 28, 1945, or a month after the proclamation.

After the Rodi by Van den Bosch in 1825-1830, the idea of railways proposed with the aim to transport the agricultural crops from the Rodi System itself. The support reason is no longer optimal use the road at that time. Finally, Colonel Van der Wijck proposed the railway construction in 1840.

The first railway in Indonesia was built in 1867 in Semarang. The route is Semarang - Tanggung within 26 km by NISM (Nederlands-Indische Maatschappij Spoorweg), requested by King Willem I for military and agricultural crops to the barn purposes in Semarang. Then, Dutch government was built various railways to the barn in port of Tanjung Priok and Tanjung Perak Surabaya since 1876.

It is the simply story about the railway in Indonesia. Then, since 2015, the government plans is improve the railway infrastructure in Indonesia by adding new lines, reactivation of non-active line and also made double track, not only in the Java island corridors, but also in Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua corridors.

For more information about Indonesian railway click here, or look at the official website of Indonesian railway authority, PT KAI (Kereta Api Indonesia) click here.

You can check the railway route, schedule, and cost by click this link. Make your journey to be wonderful.