| Railroad Name: | Samarang–Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij, N.V. |
| Start Year: | 1879 |
| End Year: | 1959 |
| Successor Line: | Kereta Api Indonesia |
| Length: | 417km (259miles) |
| Hq City: | Kota Semarang, Jawa Tengah, Hindia Belanda |
The Samarang–Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij, N.V. (SJS, Dutch for Steam Tram Company Samarang–Joana) was from 1879 to 1959 a private tram company on the Dutch East Indies (now Central Java), providing passenger and freight trains on a 417km (259miles) long network with a gauge of .[1]
The steam tram company was founded on 18 March 1881 by JF Dijkman, W Walker and GH Clifford and put into operation on 28 September 1881. It aimed to connect Semarang with Kudus and Pati via a railway line, as defined in the permit concessions of the Colonial Government of the Dutch East Indies of 1 December 1879.[2] [3] [4]
The first director of the company was Baron Henri Maarten Anton van der Goes van Dirxland (born 30 November 1841 in The Hague; died 29 January 1890), who has also been Director of the Oost-Java Stoomtram Maatschappij since 7 June 1888. He was assisted by a Council Secretary named CLJ Martens. The most important station was the Jurnatan Station, which was also called Semarang-Centraal or Djoernatan. It was expanded in 1913 from a small tram stop to a large train station. It was not included in the list of listed railway stations in Indonesia in 1950 and taken out of service in 1974.[5] [6]
The lines and its sections including their inauguration dates are listed in following table:[7]
| Line | Section | Inauguration | (km) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jurnatan–Jomblangon-street running | Jurnatan–Jomblang | 1 December 1882 | 4.4 |
| Jurnatan–Bulu–Banjir Kanalon-street running | Jurnatan–Bulu | 12 March 1883 | 3 |
| Bulu–Banjir Kanal | 4 November 1899 | 0,8 | |
| Cabang Jurnatan–Samarang NIS | Jurnatan–Samarang | 12 March 1883 | 1 |
| Jurnatan–Demak | Jurnatan–Genuk | 2 July 1883 | 6.1 |
| Genuk–Demak | 27 September 1883 | 19.7 | |
| Demak–Kudus | Demak–Kudus | 15 March 1884 | 26.4 |
| Demak-Kudus | 1919 | 26 | |
| Kudus–Juwana | Kudus–Pati | 19 April 1884 | 21.2 |
| Kudus–Pati | 1919 | 23.2 | |
| Pati–Juwana | 19 April 1884 | 13.8 | |
| Juwana–Rembang | Juwana–Rembang | 1 May 1900 | 23 |
| Juwana–Tayu | Juwana–Trangkil | 20 May 1899 | 8.2 |
| Trangkil–Bulumanis | 15 August 1899 | 7.5 | |
| Bulumanis–Tayu | 1 May 1900 | 8.8 | |
| Kudus–Mayong–Pecangaan | Kudus-Mayong | 6 September 1887 | 11.5 |
| Kudus-Mayong | 1919 | 14 | |
| Mayong–Pecangaan | 5 May 1895 | 10.3 | |
| Mayong–Welahan | Mayong–Welahan | 10 November 1900 | 5.5 |
| Demak–Purwodadi | Demak–Godong | 15 November 1888 | 20.8 |
| Godong–Purwodadi | 1 April 1889 | 18 | |
| Purwodadi–Wirosari–Blora | Purwodadi–Wirosari | 1 October 1889 | 21.4 |
| Wirosari-Kunduran | 16 September 1893 | 18.3 | |
| Kunduran–Ngawen | 22 March 1894 | 10.3 | |
| Ngawen–Blora | 13 September 1894 | 15.3 | |
| Purwodadi–Gundih | Purwodadi–Gundih | 1884 | 17.3 |
| Purwodadi–Ngrombo | 1 January 1892 | 9 | |
| Wirosari–Kradenan | Wirosari–Kradenan | 1 November 1898 | 8.2 |
| Rembang–Blora | Rembang–Blora | 15 June 1902 | 36.8 |
| Blora–Cepu | Rembang-Cepu | 1 November 1901 | 33.4 |
| Cepu Kota (SJS)–Cepu (NIS): | 1 February 1903 | 1.8 | |
| Rembang–Bojonegoro | Rembang-Lasem | 1 May 1900 | 14 |
| Lasem-Pamotan | 1 June 1914 | 10 | |
| Pamotan-Jatirogo | 20 February 1919 | 24 |