COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het hoofdkantoor van de Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) in Semarang TMnr 10032316

Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg-Maatschappij 1920

The ''Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij'' (Dutch East Indies Railway Company), abbreviated NIS, was the railway company in charge of rail transport in

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...

. The company's headquarters were in

Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...

. The railway connected Semarang with

Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...

and

Surakarta Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoh ...

and in 1873 they also connected the Willem I Railway Station of

Ambarawa Ambarawa is a town (and administratively, a district of the Semarang Regency) located between the city of Semarang and Salatiga in Central Java, Indonesia. Administratively, it is bordered by the districts of Banyubiru to the south, Jambu to the ...

and Kedungjati and

Batavia Batavia may refer to: Historical places * Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands * Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...

. Later the network expanded to

Bandung Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...

and

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

. The company's iconic headquarters building in Semarang was designed by

Cosman Citroen Cosman Citroen (26 August 1881 – 15 May 1935) was a Dutch architect. He designed buildings in the Dutch East Indies including the headquarters of the Dutch East Indies Railway Company. Early life Citroen was the son of Levie Citroen (born on ...

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File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een stoomtrein rijdt op een spoorbrug over de rivier Tjodie bij Jogjakarta op de lijn van de Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij tussen Semarang en de Vorstenlanden Midden-Java TMnr 10007520.jpg, A Dutch East Indian Railway Company steam train crosses a railway bridge over the

Code River Code (; Indonesian: ''Kali Code'') is the name of a river that flows through the city of Yogyakarta on the island of Java, Indonesia.Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...

on the line between

and the "Vorstenlanden" (the Sultanate of Jogjakarta),

Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het kantoorgebouw de electrische centrale en het hoog-reservoir van de Centrale werkplaats der Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij te Djokjakarta TMnr 10013987.jpg, Offices, power station and high-reservoir of the Central Working-Hall of the NIS in Jogjakarta (now Indonesian Railways Locomotive Workshop) File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een locomotief rijdt over een spoorbrug van de Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij op de lijn tussen Setjang en Parakan resisentie Semarang Java TMnr 10007728.jpg, A steam locomotive runs on a railway bridge of the Dutch East Indian Railway Company on the line between Secang,

Magelang Magelang () is one of six cities in Central Java that are administratively independent of the regencies in which they lie geographically. Each of these cities is governed by a mayor rather than a ''bupati''. Magelang city covers an area of 18. ...

and Parakan,

Temanggung Temanggung Regency ( id, Kabupaten Temanggung) is a regency in the Central Java Province of Indonesia. It covers a land area of 870.65 km2 and had a population of 708,546 at the 2010 Census and 790,174 at the 2020 Census. Its capital is the town ...

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* Defunct railway companies of Indonesia {{Asia-rail-transport-stub

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