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Purwosari railway station

Coordinates: 7°33′42″S 110°47′47″E / 7.5617°S 110.7965°E / -7.5617; 110.7965
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Y10 AS02 BK01 Kereta Api Indonesia
Purwosari Station

Stasiun Purwosari
Commuter, Tourist, airport, and Inter-city rail station
The front view of Purwosari Station, 2020
General information
LocationJl. Slamet Riyadi No. 502, Purwosari, Laweyan, Surakarta
Central Java
Indonesia
Coordinates7°33′42″S 110°47′47″E / 7.5617°S 110.7965°E / -7.5617; 110.7965
Elevation+98 m (322 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated byKereta Api Indonesia
Kereta Commuter Indonesia
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform
3 island platforms
Tracks7
Connections
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking Available
Accessible Available
Other information
Station codePWS • 3120[1]
ClassificationLarge class type C[1]
History
Opened27 March 1871 (1871-03-27)
Previous namesPoerwosarie Station/Halt
Services
Preceding station Kereta Api Indonesia Following station
Solo Balapan
Terminus
Purwosari–Solo Balapan Terminus
Terminus Kutoarjo–Purwosari Gawok
towards Kutoarjo
Klaten
Terminus
Adisumarmo Airport Rail Link Solo Balapan
Terminus Batara Kresna railbus Solo Kota
towards Wonogiri
Preceding station Following station
Gawok
towards Yogyakarta
Yogyakarta Line Solo Balapan
towards Palur
Location
Purwosari Station is located in Java
Purwosari Station
Purwosari Station
Location in Java

Purwosari Station (PWS) (Indonesian: Stasiun Purwosari, Javanese: ꦱꦼꦠꦠ꧀ꦱꦶꦪꦸꦤ꧀​ꦥꦸꦂꦮꦱꦫꦶ, romanized: Sêtasiyun Purwasari) is a large class type C railway station located in Purwosari, Laweyan, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. The station which is located at an altitude of +98 m is included in the Operational Area VI Yogyakarta and only serves economy class trains across south and local or commuter.

This station is a railroad branch station between the directions Surabaya and Wonogiri. The route to Surabaya is the main route, while the one to Wonogiri is a cross-branch route. As far as Sangkrah Station, this secondary route is unique because it is one of the active railways in Indonesia that is lined up or side by side with the main road, in addition to branching to the Pertamina Madiun Depot. In the past, along the Purwosari–Sangkrah route, there were eight small stops, namely Pesanggrahan, Ngadisuran, Bando, Ngapeman, Pasarpon, Cayudan, Kauman, and Lojiwetan. The bus stops are no longer there.

History

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Purwosari Station is the second oldest train station in Surakarta. In the map of the Samarang – Vorstenlanden line published in 1869, the collection of the Dutch Universiteit Leiden, this station is not mentioned at all. The Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) plan to build a railway line (NIS) is Solo Station (Solo Balapan Station) and Solo-Rivier Station, which are located in the Bengawan Solo valley.[2] However, on maps drawn in 1878, the station's name began to be called (but under the wrong name, Poerwodadie).[3] It is estimated that the addition of this station will be carried out together with the finishing of the railway line and also opened together with the official opening of the Ceper – Solo NIS segment line on 27 March 1871.[4][5]

Since 1907, this station has used an architecture similar to that of Kedungjati and Willem I Ambarawa Stations. The station which was originally a side platform later became an island station. The size of this station building is smaller than Kedungjati or Purwosari because the roof span is only 13 meters, while Kedungjati is 14.65 meters and Ambarawa is 21.75 meters. This building consists of a canopy that covers the main building and a path that flanks it.[6]

Building and layout

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The mechanical switch symbol lantern in the platform of Purwosari Station, before it was dismantled.

Initially Purwosari Station had eight train lines with line 2 being a straight line. After the double track crossing Solo - Yogyakarta was operated in 2007, line 2 was used as a straight line towards Solo Balapan and line 3 was used as a straight line towards Yogyakarta. Line 1-5 is often used to welcome arrivals as well as to cross directly the train, line 6-8 to park freight cars, and two additional lines to the locomotive depot and cement warehouse. Although this station has undergone renovations in the form of an overcapping roof since the Eid homecoming season in October 2010,[7] the original station building has been preserved and made a cultural heritage.

This station used to be unique because in the middle of the rail yard that had been given overcapping there was a switch[clarification needed] and an intersection that was connected to line 3 to line 4. The intersection crossed the platforms on the two lines. However, since the station's signaling system was replaced with an electric signaling system made by PT Len Industri Indonesia (Persero)[8] in December 2015, line 4, wesel, as well as the intersection was dismantled to widen the platform so that the station only has seven lines.

To the east from line 1 there is a fork towards Wonogiri. From this station there is also a fork that goes to Boyolali through Kartasura which has now been deactivated. This line also has branches in Tegalsari towards Colomadu. Until now some parts of the remnants of this route can still be seen.

Formerly Purwosari Station had a locomotive depot; There is still a water tower on the north side of the station as a legacy as a locomotive depot. Currently, the depot is still operating, but it is not a locomotive depot, but a mechanical dispenser. The loading and unloading of cement is also carried out at this station.

This station was last renovated in 2017, by replacing the floor of the station, which was originally known as the NIS tile, with marble floors.[9] This tile, produced by Alfred Regout & Co., Maastricht, Netherlands, has a size of 20 × 20 cm with an uneven texture to facilitate airflow. This tile is strong, sturdy, and durable considering the original function of this station as a goods station.

Kereta Api Indonesia Y10 AS02 BK01
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Platform floor
Line 7 Train parking
Line 6 Train parking
Line 5 Train parking
Line 4 Inter-city/freight train stop
Island platform
Line 3 (Gawok) Yogyakarta Line to Yogyakarta, Adisumarmo Airport Rail Link to Klaten
Inter-city and Central Java–Yogyakarta local train stop towards Yogyakarta
Straight tracks to Yogyakarta
Island platform, the doors are opened on the left side of the train arrival from the east
Line 2 Yogyakarta Line to Solo Balapan, Adisumarmo Airport Rail Link to Adisoemarmo International Airport (Solo Balapan)
Inter-city and Central Java–Yogyakarta local train stop towards Solo Balapan
Straight tracks to Solo Balapan
Island platform, the doors are opened on the right side of the train arrival from the west
Line 1 Batara Kresna Railbus to Wonogiri (Solo Kota)
Side platform, the doors are opened on the left side of the train arrival from the east
G Main building

Services

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The following is a list of train services at the Purwosari Station.

Passenger services

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Freight services

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Intermodal connection

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A Batik Solo Trans bus station is located nearby, serving Corridor 2 of the service.

Type Route Destination
Batik Solo Trans[10]  1  Adisumarmo International Airport–Palur
 2  Kerten–Palur
Kerten–Palur (via Klewer Market)

Controversies

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Since November–December 2019, this station has installed signboards to go to certain rooms/track numbers/facilities, track directions along with the distance traveled, as well as monitor screens for information on train departures and arrivals in real time which looks like those at the airport. This board then became viral on the social media site Facebook due to a writing error in English "departure" under the word "Kedatangan (Arrival)", which was finally corrected on 3 January 2020.[11][12]

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See also

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Other railway stations in Surakarta:

References

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  1. ^ a b Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Dutch Colonial maps - Leiden University Libraries". maps.library.leiden.edu. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Dutch Colonial maps - Leiden University Libraries". maps.library.leiden.edu. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  4. ^ BOW (1898). Statistiek van het vervoer op de spoorwegen en tramwegen met machinale beweegkracht in Nederlandsch-Indië. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij.
  5. ^ de Vereniging voor de Statistiek in Nederland (1872). Staatkundig en staathuishoudkundig jaarboekje voor 1872. Amsterdam: E.S. Witkamp.
  6. ^ Dananjaya, Putu (20 June 2016). "Stasiun Ambarawa, Stasiun Militer Belanda". BPCB Jawa Tengah. Direktorat Jenderal Kebudayaan, Kemendikbud RI. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Renovasi Stasiun Purwosari Rampung Sebelum Lebaran". Suara Merdeka. 29 June 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  8. ^ Mohamad, Ardyan (21 June 2013). "Kalahkan Siemens, BUMN Elektronik Raup Pendapatan Rp23 Triliun". Merdeka.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017. Saat ini, masih ada pesanan proyek dari Kemenhub untuk menggarap persinyalan kereta di jalur Jogja-Solo, Duri-Tangerang, dan Parung-Maja.
  9. ^ "Terkait Renovasi Stasiun Purwosari Solo, PT KAI Diminta Gandeng BPCB". Tribun Solo (in Indonesian). 16 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  10. ^ Mukti, Akbar Hari (28 June 2017). "Liburan di Solo Naik Bus Batik Solo Trans (BST) Saja. Ini Rute Lengkapnya". Tribunjateng.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  11. ^ Isnanto, Bayu Ardi. "Petunjuk Salah 'Kedatangan, Departure' di Stasiun Solo Terpasang 1,5 Bulan". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  12. ^ Saputra, Ginanjar. "Papan Petunjuk Stasiun Purwosari Solo Bikin Bingung, Departure Kok Kedatangan?". Solo Pos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.[permanent dead link]
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