Lubuklinggau railway station explained

Lubuklinggau Station
Native Name:
Native Name Lang:id
Symbol Location:id
Symbol:rail
Address:Jalan Kalimantan, Pasar Permiri, Lubuklinggau Barat II, Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Coordinates:-3.2934°N 102.8642°W
Map Type:Indonesia_Sumatra South
Elevation:+130m
Owned:Kereta Api Indonesia
Manager:Kereta Api Indonesia
Lines: Lubuklinggau–Prabumulih
Platforms:1 side platform
1 island platform
Tracks:4
Code:LLG • 6001
Classification:Class I[1]
Opened:1 June 1933
Original:Zuid-Sumatra Staatsspoorwegen

Lubuklinggau Station (LLG) is a class I railway station located in Lubuklinggau Barat II District, Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Indonesia. Located at an altitude of +130 meters, it is the northernmost and westernmost railway station in South Sumatra province. The station serves the city of Lubuklinggau and is the only railway station in the city.

History

At the start of the 1930s, the state-owned railway company Zuid-Sumatra Staatsspoorwegen were constructing a new railway line that connects Muara Enim to Lahat with terminus at Lubuklinggau, which was finished by mid 1933.[2] Lubuklinggau Station and the line itself was opened on 1 June 1933.[3] [4]

Building and layout

The station has four railway lines with line 2 being a straight line. Line 1 is connected to a dead end track which goes to the train crew administration office south of the station's main building. To the east of the station there is a locomotive shed. The railway tracks continued to a Pertamina oil depot north of the station.

Services

Passenger services

Freight

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20200101050243/http://ppid.dephub.go.id/files/dataka/BI_Final_RevMei.pdf. 2020-01-01. id.
  2. Book: Kop, Jan. Bouwen in de Archipel: burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000. Walburg Pers. 2004.
  3. Book: Archiv Für Eisenbahnwesen. 1935. 58.
  4. Book: Indisch verslag. Netherlands. Departement van Zaken Overzee. 1934.