Surabaya Kota railway station
Surabaya Kota Station (SB) is a railway station in Bongkaran, Pabean Cantikan, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. The local people usually call it Semut Station.
Surabaya Kota Station entrance in 2022, attached with Plaza Indo shopping center
The first old station building, built before 1899
The old building of the station which has been designated as cultural heritage (2020)
Surabaya Kota Station when still using the old building
Surabaya is the capital city of the Indonesian province of East Java and the second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. Located on the northeastern corner of Java island, on the Madura Strait, it is one of the earliest port cities in Southeast Asia. According to the National Development Planning Agency, Surabaya is one of the four main central cities of Indonesia, alongside Jakarta, Medan, and Makassar. The city had a population of 2,874,314 within its city limits at the 2020 census. With 3,009,286 people living in the city as of mid 2023
and over 10 million in the extended Surabaya metropolitan area, according to the latest official estimate, Surabaya was the second-largest metropolitan area in Indonesia. Surabaya metropolitan is also ASEAN's 7th largest economy ahead of Hanoi.
Image: Downtown of Central Surabaya
Image: Alun alun Surabaya
Image: Sura dan Baya statue
Image: Heroic Monument Surabaya