Staatsspoorwegen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dutch East Indies State Railways, Staatsspoor-en-Tramwegen in Nederlandsch–Indië, Nederlandsch-Indische Staatsspoorwegen, Netherlands-Indies State Railways
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 state-owned railway company managed by the Dutch East Indies colonial government. It was absorbed into the present Kereta Api Indonesia after Indonesian independence in 1945. The main competitor was Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) as private-owned railways company which had standard gauge and cape gauge lines.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- state-owned enterprise
- Country
- Dutch East Indies
- Headquarters
- Bandung
- Image
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Panorama van het magazijn met kantoor van de Staatsspoorwegen (S.S.) te Bandung Java TMnr 10002622.jpg
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- inception
- 1875-04-00
- replaced by
- Kereta Api Indonesia
- Commons category
- Staatsspoorwegen (Indonesia)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- First period of railway construction in Java (until 1900)
- Second period of railway construction in Java (1900-1920)
- Construction of lines outside Java
- ''Staatsspoorwegen 50th Anniversary Commemoration (1925)''
- Wartime period
- See also
- References
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 state-owned railway company managed by the Dutch East Indies colonial government. It was absorbed into the present Kereta Api Indonesia after Indonesian independence in 1945. The main competitor was Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) as private-owned railways company which had standard gauge and cape gauge lines.
Staatsspoorwegen operated railways with three gauges: for heavy lines, and and for tramways.
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