Surabaya Kota Station (SB) is a

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in Bongkaran, Pabean Cantikan,

Surabaya Surabaya is the capital city of East Java Provinces of Indonesia, province and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strai ...

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. The local people usually call it Semut Station.

History

Surabaya Kota Station is the first train station owned by

Staatsspoorwegen ''Staatsspoorwegen'' ( Dutch for State Railways, full name: ''Dienst der Staatsspoor- en Tramwegen in Nederlandsch–Indië'' (State Railways and Tramways Service in the Netherlands Indies, ''SS en T''), commonly abbreviated as SS) was a state-ow ...

(SS), a railway operator belonging to the

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Government. Based on its history, this station was built when the Surabaya–Malang and Pasuruan railroads were pioneered around 1870. The aim was to transport crops and plantations from the inland area of East Java, especially from

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, to the Port of Tanjung Perak which also began to be built around that year. This building was inaugurated on 16 May 1878. With the increasing use of trains, in 1899, the old station building was finally torn down and replaced with the new building that exists today. Surabaya Kota Station became the terminal station for the best express trains of its time, starting from the ''Eendaagsche Express'' which connected Jakarta with Surabaya in the fastest time of 11 hours 30 minutes in the 1930s, to the Bima night express train which reached the early 1990s brought the sleeper train. This train station was designated as a

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by the Mayor of

. The station is designated as a building that must be maintained along with 60 other buildings in Surabaya. Its existence is threatened by plans to build shopping centers and shopping areas that threaten to destroy the authenticity of the station's landscape, such as the Jakarta Kota Station in Jakarta. There was even a demolition of the area which ironically involved PT Kereta Api Indonesia.

Building and layout

Located at the center of the city, the station is also the oldest railway station in Surabaya, built in 1875 and opened in 1878. The station has two buildings, the old building is located at the north-east of the newer building, whereas the new building is located at the end of the tracks. The historic old building was demolished because of mall building near the station, but the mall building process was stopped because it didn't have a building license, and the old building has been protected and chosen as one of the heritages in Surabaya. Surabaya Kota Station has a total of twelve train lines: four tracks serve as arrivals and departures for passengers with lines 1 and 2 being straight tracks, while the remaining eight lines are

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which are used as storage/parking lots for trains, except for trains. Jayakarta train, which was originally parked at this station, has now moved to Surabaya Pasarturi Station because this train has a long series of 15 trains in one train set. The station still using mechanical signals to preserve its classical style and has two

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es near the exit signal. The station was very strategic, it is located near a market that is one of the most famous markets in Surabaya, Pasar Atum, it also located near

Sunan Ampel Sunan Ampel (born Raden Ahmad Rahmatullah or Sayyid Ali Rahmatullah; 1401–1481) was one the nine revered Javanese Muslim saints, or Wali Songo, credited with the spread of Islam in Java. According to local history, around Demak the mosque of ...

's tomb. There are many train car shunting activities, especially at the morning and the evening when many trains are departing and arriving at the station. The station doesn't have a

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, the locomotive depot is located at Sidotopo station located at north-east of the station. station is located at south-east of the station about three kilometers far. Uniquely these three stations formed a triangle shaped railway, but the railway between Surabaya Kota with Surabaya Gubeng is a

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ed railway, the others are Single Tracks.

Services

Passenger trains that use this station are:

Economy class

*''Sri Tanjung'', to and

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Commuter and local trains

Dhoho Commuter Line, from and to via * Jatim Commuterline Penataran icon

Penataran Commuter Line, from and to via * Jatim Commuterline Tumapel icon

Tumapel Commuter Line, from *Ekonomi Lokal Kertosono, from and to *Komuter Surabaya–Bangil, from and to * Jatim Commuterline Sindro icon

Sindro Commuter Line, from and to * Jatim Commuterline Supas icon

Supas Commuter Line, from and to * Jatim Commuterline Jenggala icon

Jenggala Commuter Line, from and to

Supporting transportation

Source:

Gallery

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De achterkant van het spoorwegstation in Soerabaja Java. TMnr 60009101.jpg, Surabaya Kota Station when still using the old building File:Stasiun SB Baru 2020.jpg, Surabaya Kota Station/Plaza Indo entrance in 2020 File:Rumah Sinyal SB.jpg, The station's east signal tower in 2022

References

External links

* Railway stations in Surabaya Cultural Properties of Indonesia in East Java Railway stations in Indonesia opened in 1878 Stations of Daop VIII Surabaya {{Indonesia-railstation-stub