Maos railway station explained

Maos Station
Native Name:
Native Name Lang:id
Symbol Location:id
Symbol:rail
Address:Jalan Stasiun Maos, Karangreja, Maos, Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia
Coordinates:-7.6191°N 109.1394°W
Map Type:Indonesia Java
Elevation:+8m
Owned:Kereta Api Indonesia
Manager:Kereta Api Indonesia
Platforms:1 side platform
3 island platforms
Tracks:7
Parking: Available
Code:MA • 2016
Classification:Large type C[1]
Opened:20 July 1887
Original:Staatsspoorwegen

Maos Station (MA) is a large type C railway station located in Maos District, Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The station is located at an altitude of +8 meters and is operated by Operation Area V Purwokerto.

History

The station was built by Staatsspoorwegen and was opened on 20 July 1887, along with the opening of ––– railway line.[2]

The station building was initially built in Indies Empire style. The original building was partially collapsed due to an earthquake on 15 May 1923 and later was torn down and rebuilt due to safety hazard.[3] The only original part of the station that survives is the platform canopy.

The station once had a railway lines to and that were built by the Serajoedal Stoomtram Maatschappij (SDS) in 1896.[4] The railway lines were closed and dismantled during the Japanese occupation in 1943.

Building and layout

Maos Station has four platforms and seven lines, with line 2 being a straight line. The line 6 and 7 is used for loading and unloading of Pertamina petroleum trains. The Pertamina oil depot itself is located to the northeast of the station.

Few hundred meters to the west there is a railway bridge across Serayu River and not far from it there is the railway junction to and at Station, with the station itself located on the Cilacap branch line.[5]

Services

The following is a list of train services at Maos Station[6]

Passenger services

Train nameClassTrain endpointsNote
PurwojayaExecutivevia –
Baturraden EkspresExecutive-Businessvia –
Kutojaya SelatanEconomy
Serayuvia –
LodayaExecutive-Economy Premiumvia –
PasundanEconomyvia –
Mutiara SelatanExecutive-Economy Premiumvia –
KahuripanEconomyvia –
MalabarExecutive-Economyvia –
WijayakusumaExecutive-Economy Premiumvia –
JoglosemarkertoExecutive-Economy Premium
KamandakaExecutive-Economy

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: Verslag der Staatsspoor-en-Tramwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië 1921-1932. Staatsspoorwegen. Burgerlijke Openbare Werken. 1921–1932. Batavia.
  3. Stehn. C.E.. 1923. De aardbeving van Maos op 15 Mei 1923. de Mijningenieur. 4.
  4. Book: Zuhdi, Susanto. Cilacap (1830-1942): bangkit dan runtuhnya suatu pelabuhan di Jawa. Gramedia. 2002. Jakarta.
  5. Web site: Stasiun Maos . heritage.kai.id . 11 August 2023.
  6. Book: Grafik Perjalanan Kereta Api pada Jaringan Jalur Kereta Api Nasional di Jawa Tahun 2023. 14 April 2023. 3 August 2023. Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian. Jakarta. ID.