Have you ever thought every time you take a train, how the railway was originally built, when it was built, and what its original function was?<\/p>\n
If you're curious, Blitar has the answer. This city is a silent witness development<\/strong> railway<\/strong> since the Dutch colonial period<\/strong> until the time of Indonesian independence.<\/p>\n In the early 18th century, the Dutch began to control the region and made it an administrative centre.<\/p>\n One of the tangible evidences of the Dutch colonial influence in Blitar is the existence of railway stations built during that time.<\/p>\n Perkembangan transportasi kereta di Blitar sangat dipengaruhi oleh revolusi industri dan pembangunan pabrik gula dan coffee<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trains in Blitar during the colonial period had a very important function, namely as a means of transporting goods.<\/p>\n The existence of trains on the Blitar route was originally to fulfil the needs of Dutch officials and businessmen as a means of mobility or a means of transporting the products of their own plantations and industries.<\/p>\n Here are 3 Dutch Colonial heritage stations that still exist in Blitar today:<\/p>\n Blitar Station is a large class B railway station located in Kepanjenkidul, Blitar City.<\/p>\n The station is located at an altitude of +167 metres and is included in the management of Operation Region VII Madiun and KAI Commuter with a distance of 92.5 km southeast of Kertosono.<\/p>\n The station is a relic of the Dutch East Indies period and was built in conjunction with the 64-kilometre Kediri-Tulungagung-Blitar railway line.<\/p>\n The work was carried out by Staatsspoorwegen (SS), a railway company owned by the Dutch East Indies government and work began in 1883 and was inaugurated on 16 June 1884.<\/p>\n The current building of Blitar Station is not the original building because the building has been renovated.<\/p>\n The station has six tracks with two straight lines and one track leading to the depot area.<\/p>\n Wlingi Station was built in 1897 by the Dutch East Indies Government.<\/p>\n The construction of the station is carried out in conjunction with the 74-kilometre Blitar-Wlingi-Kepanjen-Malang railway project.<\/p>\n This station is the westernmost in Operation Area VIII Surabaya for the Bangil-Kertosono crossing and is the main railway station in Blitar Regency.<\/p>\n All passenger trains travelling on the Kertosono-Malang branch line in the southern and central parts of Java stop at this station.<\/p>\n The station has four railway lines with line 2 being a straight line and line 3 often used for the departure and arrival of long trains.<\/p>\n Kesamben Station (KSB) is a class III\/small railway station located in Kesamben, Blitar.<\/p>\n The Kesamben Station building is a relic of the Dutch East Indies period, whose construction coincided with the construction of the Blitar-Wlingi-Kepanjen railway line which began in 1896 and was completed in 1897.<\/p>\n The station is under the management of Operation Region VIII Surabaya and KAI Commuter and is 121 km southeast of Kertosono.<\/p>\n The station has only two railway lines with line 1 being a straight line.<\/p>\n Ketiga stasiun tersebut menjadi pusat transportasi kereta api di Blitar yang mengangkut hasil perkebunan seperti coffee<\/a>, gula, teh dan hasil bumi lainnya pada masa pemerintahan Kolonial Belanda.<\/p>\n\n
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