Malang Station is a

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Malang Malang (; ) is a landlocked List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of Singhasari, Singhasari Kingdom. It is the second most popul ...

City,

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. The station is located at an altitude of approximately +444 meters

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. It is the largest train station in Malang City. The existing building of Malang station was built in 1941 based on the work of J. van der Eb. The station is sometimes referred to as Malang Kotabaru Station to distinguish it from the original 1879 building of Malang station (not Malang Kotalama Station). Originally, Malang Station was on the east side, from where the building is now. Because that building was considered to be unable to accommodate the increasing number of passengers, a new, larger building was made on the west side. The new building continues to be used up to now and the old building that is now adjacent to the

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and

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Malang functions as an office and

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for storing

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tools.

Services

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Plein voor het stationsgebouw te Malang

The railway services that are used in this station are:

Intercity services

* Gajayana to (executive class) * Brawijaya to (executive class) * Malabar to (executive, business and economy class) * Kertanegara to (executive and economy class) * Malioboro Express to (executive and economy class) * Majapahit to (economy class) * Jayabaya to (executive and economy class) * Matarmaja to (economy class) * Tawang Alun to (economy class) Stasiun Malang Timur 3

Local services

* Penataran to and (economy class) * Tumapel to (economy class)

References

External links

* Malang Railway stations in East Java Railway stations opened in 1879 {{Indonesia-railstation-stub