Ambarawa Railway Museum

The museum is operated by the largest public railway company in Indonesia, PT Kereta Api of state-owned Indonesia. It houses a collection of 22 old locomotives. The former station is the starting point of the early 1970s, initially decommissioned, in 1976 but reactivated route to Bedono that is running about half because of their steepness as a cog railway.

During the Dutch colonial period Ambarawa was an important military base. For this reason, the Dutch King Willem I wanted to build a station in order to move troops to Semarang can. 1873 Ambarawa station was built on an area of ​​127.500 m² land.

The heyday of the station Ambarawa, also known as " William I train station ", ended with the closure of the railway line Ambarawa - Kedungjati - Semarang. Secang - - 1976 the railway line was Ambarawa Magelang decommissioned.

With the decommissioning of the station Ambarawa decided the governor of Central Java and the head of the railway in Central Java to build a railway museum in the station area.

Exhibits

  • Tourist cog railway route
  • Old phones
  • Age Morse telegraph
  • Old furniture
  • Old signals
  • 22 locomotives, of which four are operational ( B2502 / B2503 / C1218 and E1060 ).
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