COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het spoorwegstation van de Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM) TMnr 60026562

Medan Station is the main

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

Medan Medan (; English: ) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of North Sumatra, as well as a regional hub and financial centre of Sumatra. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Medan is one of the four mai ...

, North Sumatra,

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. In addition to intercity services operated by Indonesia's national rail operator,

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, the station also has service to

Kualanamu International Airport Kualanamu International Airport ( id, Bandar Udara Internasional Kualanamu) (often spelled as Kuala Namu and informally abbreviated KNIA) is an international airport serving Medan, Indonesia, and other parts of North Sumatra. It is located in ...

via Kualanamu ARS. The rail line contained in Medan Station stretched from north to south. Rails leading to the south of the rail with the direction of travel to Tebing Tinggi, , , and , while the rails leading to the north is the direction of travel to , and , which branched approximately 850 m north of the station. From Medan stations are branching former rail to Pancur Batu and

Deli Tua Deli Tua is a town and administrative district within Deli Serdang Regency of North Sumatra province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 9.36 km2, and had a population of 60,624 at the 2010 Census.Biro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. It lies immediat ...

. This station has city check-in for passengers at newly

, this service also the first in throughout Indonesia. In 2006, Medan Station get Prima Utama Award for the best public service transport unit.

History

Medan Station was opened on 25 July 1886 by Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij. At the time there is a 16.7-kilometer railway stretching from the station to Labuan Station in northern Medan, linking Medan city center to the

Port of Belawan Belawan ( zh, t=勿老灣, s=, poj=mài lau ôan) is a harbor in Medan, North Sumatra. Located on the northeast coast of Sumatra, Belawan is Indonesia's busiest seaport outside of Java. It constitutes the most northerly of the city of Medan's 21 a ...

. Medan Station architecture has undergone a complete overhaul from the original form. The only remainings of the old station on the current building complex is a clock tower in front of the station, a Dutch-style

locomotive depot The motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is the place where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained when not being used. They were originally known as "running sheds", "engine shed ...

, the platform roof that houses lanes 2 and 3, and a suspension bridge at the station's southern end.

Services

Passenger trains that use this station are: * '' Kualanamu ARS'' to Kualanamu * ''Sribilah'' to * ''Putri Deli'' to * ''Siantar Express'' to * '' Sri Lelawangsa'' to and

Bus connection

As of 2022, Medan Station is connected to all five corridors of Trans Metro Deli BRT and Corridor 1 of Trans Mebidang BRT.

References

External links

* Buildings and structures in Medan Railway stations in North Sumatra Cultural Properties of Indonesia in North Sumatra {{Indonesia-railstation-stub