Medan railway station

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Medan Station

Stasiun Medan
Kereta Api Indonesia
Medan Railway Station.jpg
Medan Station Outside View
LocationMedan
North Sumatra
Indonesia
Coordinates3°35′27″N 98°40′47″E / 3.590879°N 98.679741°E / 3.590879; 98.679741Coordinates: 3°35′27″N 98°40′47″E / 3.590879°N 98.679741°E / 3.590879; 98.679741
Elevation+22 m (72 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated by
  • Kereta Api Indonesia
Line(s)
  • Kereta Api Indonesia
  • Kereta Api Indonesia
  • Kereta Api Indonesia
Platforms2 side platforms
2 island platforms
Tracks7
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingAvailable
Disabled accessAvailable
Other information
Station codeMDN
ClassificationLarge class type B[1]
History
Opened1886
Rebuilt2013
Services
Preceding station   Kualanamu Airport Rail Link   Following station
Terminus   Medan–Kualanamu   Kualanamu International Airport
Terminus
Preceding station   Sri Lelawangsa   Following station
Terminus   Medan–Binjai   Binjai
Terminus
Location
Medan Station is located in Medan
Medan Station
Medan Station
Location in Medan
Main station of Medan, around 1920.

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:

References[]

  1. ^ Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian).
  2. ^ "Medan Airport Rail Link".

External links[]

Preceding station   Kereta Api Indonesia   Following station

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