Rangkasbitung-Labuan railway

Rangkasbitung-Labuan railway
Overview
Type Heavy rail
Status Ceased operation
Locale Banten
Termini Rangkasbitung
Labuan
Operation
Opened 1906
Closed 1982
Technical
Line length 55.8 km
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Rangkasbitung-Labuan railway was a single track and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge railway, branching off the Jakarta Kota-Anyer Kidul railway at Rangkasbitung. The public railway company Staatsspoorwegen built the line as part of the Western railways (Dutch: Westerlijnen) in order to improve connectivity with the western regions on Java.[1]

The 55.8 km[2] long line was in use between 18 June 1906 and 1982.[1] Parts of the infrastructure are still present.

Between 1944 and 1951, a branch line went from Saketi to the south coast near Bayah, Lebak.[3]

Stations

The following is a list of stations in order of position on this railway:[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Teeuwen, D. (2010). "Manpower, steam tractions and contact wires" (PDF).
  2. Kolff, G. (10 October 1908). "Beknopt verslag der Staatsspoorwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië over het jaar 1906" [Concise report by the State Railways in the Dutch Indies of the year 1906]. De Ingenieur (in Dutch). 23 (41): 765. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. Serang (Map). 1:250000. T508. US Army Map Service. 1954. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  4. Overzichtskaart van de residentie Bantam [Overview map of the residency of Banten] (Map). 1:250000 (in Dutch). Batavia: Topografische Inrichting. 1922. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
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