Medan railway station

Medan Station
Stasiun Medan

Medan railway station
Location Medan
Indonesia
Coordinates 3°35′27″N 98°40′47″E / 3.590879°N 98.679741°E / 3.590879; 98.679741Coordinates: 3°35′27″N 98°40′47″E / 3.590879°N 98.679741°E / 3.590879; 98.679741
Owned by PT Kereta Api Indonesia
Line(s) North Sumatran Main Line
Medan-Airport Line
Belawan Line
Deli Tua Line (defunct)
Platforms 4
Tracks 8 (4 in operational)
Other information
Station code MDN
History
Opened 1883
Main station of Medan, around 1920.

Medan Station is the main train station in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. In addition to intercity services operated by Indonesia's national rail operator, PT Kereta Api, the station also has service to Kuala Namu Airport via Railink.[1]

Architecture Medan Kota Station has undergone a complete overhaul of the original form. It is left of the building complex of the old station is their clock tower at the front of the station, where locomotive depot are still with Dutch architecture, the roof of the platform that houses lanes 2 and 3, as well as the suspension bridge at the southern end station.

The rail line contained in Medan Kota Station stretched from north to south. Rails leading to the south of the rail with the direction of travel to Tebing Tinggi, Kisaran, Tanjung Balai, Pematang Siantar and Rantau Prapat, while the rails leading to the north is the direction of travel to Belawan, Binjai and Besitang, which branched approximately 850 m north of the station. From Medan stations are branching former rail to Pancur Batu and Deli Tua. This station has city check-in for passengers at newly Kuala Namu International Airport, this service also the first in throughout Indonesia.

In 2006, Medan Station get Prima Utama Award for the best public service transport unit.

Destination

Passenger trains that use this station are:

Service
PT Kereta Api
Medan-Binjai railway line
Terminus
TerminusPT Kereta Api
Medan-Siantar railway line
Medan Pasar
TerminusPT Kereta Api
Medan-Tanjung Balai railway line
Medan Pasar
TerminusPT Kereta Api
Medan-Rantau Prapat railway line
Medan Pasar
TerminusPT Railink
Medan-Kuala Namu International Airport route
Historical railways
Line and station open
PT Kereta Api
Medan-Banda Aceh railway line
Terminus
Pulu Brayan
Line open, station closed
PT Kereta Api
Medan-Belawan railway line
Terminus

References

Media related to Medan Station at Wikimedia Commons


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