Surabaya_Gubeng_railway_station

Surabaya Gubeng railway station

Surabaya Gubeng railway station

Railway station in Indonesia

Surabaya Gubeng Station, known as Spoorwegstation Goebeng Soerabaja during the Dutch East Indies era, is a railway station located at Gubeng Station Street, Pacarkeling, Tambaksari, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.[3] This station is the biggest railway station in Surabaya and East Java, and is a departure from the main railway in Surabaya, especially towards the south and east, while the train that passes through the northern route, such as majors train Jakarta via Semarang, departed from Surabaya Pasar Turi Station.

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Surabaya Gubeng station was first built on the west side of the railway tracks. In the mid-1990s, new Surabaya Gubeng station building was built on the east side of railway tracks, which are wider and has more modern architecture.

History

Colonial era

Goebang train station (late 19th century)
The front view perspective (the photographer facing towards northeast) of the station with a horse-drawn carriage at the front

Surabaya Gubeng Station is one of the railway stations belonging to Staatsspoorwegen which was inaugurated on 16 May 1878 as part of the Surabaya–Pasuruan railway development project. [4] This station was first built on the west side of the railroad.

Initially, the station used a mechanical signaling system, then underwent a system change to electric in the 1970–1980s. On 7 June 1996, a new station building with an area of 13,671 m2 was completed on the east side of the railroad tracks with a more modern and wider architecture — the construction was estimated to cost Rp1.5 billion.[5]

The old station building has also been renovated several times, including the renovation of the platform canopy in 1905 and the main building lobby in 1928. Its style is typical of the SS, namely the Chalet style, an architectural style characterized by solid high walls with roofs decorated with tendril ornaments made by wrought iron, as well as large windows with iron jalousie.[6] The old station building has been designated as a cultural heritage by the Surabaya city government with Surabaya Mayor Decree No. 188.45/251/402.1.04/1996.

Surabaya Gubeng Station once was the station where Indonesia's first President Sukarno worked while studying at the Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (now ITB). At the time, H.O.S. Cokroaminoto, who had become Sukarno's "father-in-law", was thrown into prison by the Dutch colonial government before Sukarno was in Bandung for 3 months. Sukarno used the title Raden Sukarno, B.K.L., der Eerste Klasse Categorie (first rank of first class). He worked as a clerk in the station administration. Sukarno was paid Rp165 per month and Rp125 was given to the Tjokroaminoto family. As H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto was released from prison in April 1922, three months later Sukarno returned to study at THB.[7]

Post-colonial era

During the war for independence, the area around the station became the headquarters for dozens of armed members of the Indonesian Railways Youth Force (Indonesian: Angkatan Muda Kereta Api or AMKA). They are about 30 people led by Moh. Ali and some were equipped with submachine guns.[8]

Building and layout

Surabaya Gubeng Station old building in 2009; the building is currently used only for local and commuter train passengers
Surabaya Gubeng Station new building which has been in use since 1996, along with raised letters in the front; the building is used for departure and arrival of intercity trains (2021)

In the 1990s, Surabaya Gubeng Station had many railway tracks. However, since the new station building is in use, the number of tracks has been reduced to six. Track 1 (on the westernmost) is a straight track usually for departures of southbound local and commuter trains; track 2 is a straight line for the arrival of local and commuter trains from the south; tracks 3 and 4 are usually for economy-class train stops during the locomotive shutdown process, locomotive or train/carriage parking, and as a track for freight trains; track 5 is a straight line to and from Sidotopo–Benteng for train arrivals and departures when a train stops on track 6 and also serves as a direct running track for freight trains; and track 6 (on the easternmost) for various intercity trains across Java. To the north of track 6 is a spur to Surabaya Gubeng railway workshop.

The station has been equipped with signages to go to certain rooms, track numbers, and certain facilities; as well as track direction signs along with the distance traveled and monitor screens of real-time train departure and arrival information that look like those at an airport. As of 2020, the signages designs has been adjusted to ISO 7001:2007 standards by the 2021 Christmas and New Year season.[9]

Services

Self-print ticket service in Surabaya Gubeng Station

Passenger trains that use this station are:

Supporting transportation

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  • The Ranggajati train at Surabaya Gubeng station
  • Mutiara Timur (left) and Ranggajati (right) trains at the station platform
  • The Argo Wilis train departing from Surabaya Gubeng station

References

  1. [1]
    Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. [2]
    Staatsspoorwegen (1932). Staatsspoorwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië: Jaarstatistieken over de jaren 1931 en 1932. Burgerlijke Openbare Werken.
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    "Pemerintah Kota Surabaya".
  4. [4]
    Staatsspoorwegen (1931). Staatsspoorwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië: Jaarstatistieken over de jaren 1931 en 1932. Burgerlijke Openbare Werken.
  5. [5]
    Departemen Penerangan RI, Direktorat Publikasi (1996). Stasiun KA Gubeng, Terbesar Kedua di Indonesia. Jakarta: Warta Laporan Daerah: Berkala Bulanan. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
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    "Stasiun Kereta Api Gubeng Surabaya". Informasi Situs Budaya Indonesia (in Indonesian). 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. [7]
    Osdar, J. (2020). Melintasi Seribu Stasiun. Kompas. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9786232413863.
  8. [8]
    Brigade Ronggolawe, Sejarah; IKAPI, Anggota Panitia Penyusunan (1985). Pengabdian Selama Perang Kemerdekaan Bersama Brigade Ronggolawe (1st ed.). Aries Lima. p. 179.
  9. [9]
    "Sambut Libur Natal dan Tahun Baru, KAI Ubah Signager dan Hadirkan Ornamen Tambahan". Berita Trans (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Transportasi". Surabaya City Government (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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