Monday, June 8, 2009

Tugu Railway Station, one of the old station in Indonesia tourism

Tugu Railway StationTugu Railway Station view, we return to the past, to the colonial era, as the station building is a legacy of Dutch. Tugu Railway Station into one of the silent witness history of Indonesia and to provide trace through the details of building, exterior to interior station that integrates with the rushing train thatch ago.

Tugu Railway Station_001Located in the middle of the city between three legendary place, the Tugu Yogyakarta, the area of Malioboro and Sultan's Palace, Tugu Railway Station and very easy to reach from this place, you can go to various tourist locations, lodging, schools that have the modern means of transportation or traditional .

Tugu Railway Station_002Tugu Railway Station is the result of the development of railway transportation system by the Government of the Netherlands Indies for the transport passengers and produce from the plantations in Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Kalimantan. 17 June 1864, Governor Jendereal Mr. L.A.J.W. Sloet Baron van Beele put the first stone of the first railway line in Java. The path is managed by the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (Dutch railroad company) and began operations in August 1867 with 10 lines of relationship Semarang and Solo.

Tugu Railway Station_003In its development, this new path forward along the 166 km to the City of Yogyakarta and the Yogyakarta Lempuyangan station became the first station built and operated on 2 March 1872 for Semarang-Yogyakarta route. Meanwhile, the Tugu Station began operation on 2 May 1887. Surakarta, Yogyakarta path-start built in 1899 and the first passenger train running on February 1, 1905.

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