Medan railway station
Medan Station Stasiun Medan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Medan North Sumatra Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 3°35′27″N 98°40′47″E / 3.590879°N 98.679741°ECoordinates: 3°35′27″N 98°40′47″E / 3.590879°N 98.679741°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | +22 m (72 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Kereta Api Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Available | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | MDN | ||||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Large class type B[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1886 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medan Station Location in Medan |
Medan Station is the main railway station in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. In addition to intercity services operated by Indonesia's national rail operator, Kereta Api Indonesia, the station also has service to Kualanamu International Airport via Kualanamu ARS.[2]
Architecture Medan Station has undergone a complete overhaul of the original form. It is left of the building complex of the old station is their clock tower at the front of the station, where locomotive depot are still with Dutch architecture, the roof of the platform that houses lanes 2 and 3, as well as the suspension bridge at the southern end station.
The rail line contained in Medan Station stretched from north to south. Rails leading to the south of the rail with the direction of travel to , , , Siantar and , while the rails leading to the north is the direction of travel to , Binjai and , which branched approximately 850 m north of the station. From Medan stations are branching former rail to and Deli Tua. This station has city check-in for passengers at newly Kualanamu International Airport, this service also the first in throughout Indonesia.
In 2006, Medan Station get Prima Utama Award for the best public service transport unit.
Services[]
Passenger trains that use this station are:
- Kualanamu ARS to Kualanamu
- Sri Bilah to
- Lancang Kuning to
- Putri Deli to
- Siantar Express to Siantar
- Feeder Putri Deli to Binjai
- Feeder Sri Bilah to Binjai
- Sri Lelawangsa to Binjai, and
References[]
- ^ Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian).
- ^ "Medan Airport Rail Link".
External links[]
- Media related to Medan Station at Wikimedia Commons
Preceding station | Kereta Api Indonesia | Following station | ||
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Terminus | towards |
- Buildings and structures in Medan
- Railway stations in North Sumatra
- Cultural Properties of Indonesia in North Sumatra
- Asian railway station stubs
- Indonesian building and structure stubs
- Indonesia transport stubs