Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij
N.V. Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij, abbreviated to NIS, NISM or N.V. NISM was a private-owned railways company in charge of rail transport in Java, Dutch East Indies. The company's headquarters were in Semarang, Central Java. The company started its maiden route from Semarang to the Vorstenlanden and in 1873 they also built their line to the Willem I Railway Station of Ambarawa–Kedungjati and Batavia–Buitenzorg lines. Later the network expanded to Bandung and Surabaya. It was absorbed into the present Kereta Api Indonesia after Indonesian independence in 1945. It was the main competitor to Staatsspoorwegen as state-owned railway company and established on April 6, 1875.
NIS company head office in Semarang, Dutch East Indies, now known as Lawang Sewu.
Samarang Tawang as a new operational NIS station, taken between 1910 and 1920
Batavia NIS station which was built in 1871. Located just southeast of Jakarta History Museum before it was closed in 1929 by Staatsspoorwegen (SS).
Meester Cornelis NIS ca. 1910, before it was closed by SS in 1918. It was located to the south of Manggarai and now become Bukit Duri KRL's depot.
Semarang is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. The city has been named as the cleanest tourist destination in Southeast Asia by the ASEAN Clean Tourist City Standard (ACTCS) for 2020–2022.
Image: Exterior of Blenduk Church, Semarang, 2014 06 18
Image: Three Temples at Sam Poo Kong, 2014 06 18
Image: Pagoda (8093127992)
Image: Lawang sewu
