Pasuruan Station (PS) is a
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 ...
located in
Trajeng,
Panggungrejo,
Pasuruan
Pasuruan ( nl, Pasoeroean) is a city in East Java, Java, Indonesia. It had a population of 186,262 at the 2010 Census and 208,006 at the 2020 Census.
It is surrounded by, but administratively separate from, Pasuruan Regency. It is located around ...
; this station entered within western border of PT.KAI 9th Operation Area of Jember at the height of ± 3 meters above sea level.
This station is the terminus station for Local Commuter Surabaya-Pasuruan train. At present, all of the passenger trains which travel through
Bangil
Bangil or called "Bangel" is the name of a district and of a Capital city in the Pasuruan Regency, East Java, Indonesia. This city is the first metropolitan area in Pasuruan Regency.
The district is divided into fifteen villages. Currently it ...
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Jember
Jember Regency is a regency of East Java province, Indonesia. The population was 2,332,726 at the 2010 census and 2,536,729 at the 2020 Census. Its administrative capital is the urban area of Jember, which with 359,184 inhabitants in 2020 is t ...
line are stopped at this station.
History
This station is one of the most oldest train stations in
East Java
East Java ( id, Jawa Timur) is a Provinces of Indonesia, province of Indonesia located in the easternmost hemisphere of Java island. It has a land border only with the province of Central Java to the west; the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean bord ...
, commissioned 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 railway co ...
Oosterlijnen on May, 16th 1878 as the end point of Surabaya-Bangil-Pasuruan line.
It was built not far from Hoofdstraat or de Grote Postweg road, also was known as Post Daendels road (now become Soekarno Hatta provincial road), connected by Station street which access-link from Soekarno Hatta road to this station. This station adopted Indische Empire and Neoclassic decoration style.
At the past, the station had 7 tracks which one of them entered train workshop, warehouses and a locomotive turntable. And then, from first track of this station (eastern side) connected to the light rail line or tram line belonged to a private railway company named
Pasoeroean Stoomtram Maatschappij
The Pasoeroean Stoomtram Maatschappij, N.V. (PsSM, Dutch for Pasuruan Steam Tram Company) was a private tram company in Pasuruan on the Dutch East Indies (now East Java, Indonesia). It served passenger transport as well as goods transport of agric ...
(PsSM) which passed behind Pasar Besar of
Pasuruan
Pasuruan ( nl, Pasoeroean) is a city in East Java, Java, Indonesia. It had a population of 186,262 at the 2010 Census and 208,006 at the 2020 Census.
It is surrounded by, but administratively separate from, Pasuruan Regency. It is located around ...
and entered their station (approximately around 30 to 40 meters west of the station) to
Waroengdowo via Broodbakkerstraat or Chinatown (now become Niaga street). This private railway company also opened tram line from
Waroengdowo to
Winongan,
Alkmaar (Purwosari) and
Ngempit which had been deactivated.
In addition, to the west of this station before entering
Bangil
Bangil or called "Bangel" is the name of a district and of a Capital city in the Pasuruan Regency, East Java, Indonesia. This city is the first metropolitan area in Pasuruan Regency.
The district is divided into fifteen villages. Currently it ...
there was a small station named
Kraton station which was used by natives as commute station for them and also connected to the coffee factory not far from there also deactivated because the station was so close from Pasuruan.
Pasuruan Railway Station is a side platform type railway station. By now, this station has 4 active tracks which the second track is straight track plus one track which is a dead end.
Building Layout
Pasuruan is a side platform railway station which has 1 side platform at first track and 1 island platform at second track as a stop for intercity train. If there's no local commuter, first track can be used as follow-up/cross. Sometimes, third track is used when train traffic at busy or there's a train which come late or early. Meanwhile, fourth track is rarely used.
Train Services
Commuter Line
Intercity
Gallery
File:Stasiun Pasuruan 2019 2.jpg, Pasuruan railway station from second track (2019)
File:PS1947.jpg, An aerial footage of Pasuruan Station along with PsSM Station in 1947
File:KITLV A1044 - De Stationsweg en het station (middenachter) te Pasoeroean, KITLV 116766.tiff, Station street which connecting Postweg (now Soekarno Hatta road) to Pasuruan Station (middle), taken around 1929
File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het Stationsplein in Pasoeroean TMnr 60052540.jpg, front yard of Pasuruan Station with PsSM rail line (middle), circa 1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
References
External links
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{{Train Stations in Indonesia, Pasuruan
Railway stations in East Java
Railway stations opened in 1878