Deli Railway
N.V. Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM, ), was a private railway company that operated near the east coast of Sumatra around Deli (now Medan). The Deli Company established itself as a tobacco plantation and then expanded into tea, rubber and timber products. The company was founded in 1883. Routes were built in cape gauge (). It was the last remaining private Dutch railway when it was taken over by the state network Indonesian Railway Company (Kereta Api Indonesia) in 1957. All DSM lines are operated under the 1st Regional Division of Indonesian Railways. History The Deli Railway company was founded in 1883 with its official seat in Amsterdam. The headquarters was located in Serdang until 1890 and then moved to Deli, now Medan. The company was capitalized with 2.6 million Netherlands Indies gulden increased to four million in 1889. A first concession was granted in order to facilitate the distribution of tobacco from the area's highlands. Jacob Cremer, of the tobacco wholesal ...
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