The Jakarta tram system was a transport system in Jakarta, Indonesia. Its first-generation tram network first operated as a horse tram system, and was eventually converted to electric trams in the ear
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Stoomtram in Batavia bij het gebouw van de ijzerwarenfabriek van Carl Schlieper T Mnr 10014232
A horse tram passing Batavia's Amsterdam Gate in 1880.
Kota Tua Jakarta, officially known as Kota Tua, is a neighbourhood comprising the original downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as Oud Batavia, Benedenstad, or Kota Lama.
Trams in Jakarta
…line was inaugurated on 20 April 1869, long before trams existed in the Netherlands- using a gauge width of 1,188 mm (3 ft 10+25⁄32 in), connecting Batavia Old Town with Weltevreden. At the time the tram, pulled by 3-4 horses, could accommodate up to 40 passengers. In April 1869 an estimated 1,500 passengers had…
Jakarta History Museum, the current occupant of former town hall of 17th-century Batavia, the capital of Dutch East Indies and center of the Asian spice trade.
Declining city, in late 19th-century the walled Old Batavia has been reduced to kampung settlements and ruined old buildings.
A street in Old Batavia in 1890, depicting 17th century housing before the development of a business district.
East facade of Cipta Niaga Building, formerly a bank office, has been left roofless and slowly deteriorates; the wooden interior exposed to the element.