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Staatsspoorwegen was a state-owned railway company managed by the Dutch East Indies colonial government. It was absorbed into the present Kereta Api Indonesia after Indonesian independence in 1945. The main competitor was Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) as private-owned railways company which had standard gauge and cape gauge lines.
The Staatsspoorwegen's head office at Bandung
Maarschalk, D. as the first chief director of SS
Cimahi railway station.
Garahan tunnel in Jember which was completed in 1902 by SS (Tropenmuseum)
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.