Passion for Railway Tracks in Semarang

Jurnatan Station, which is no longer exists, was built by the private Dutch company SJS and began operation in 1882.

KOMPAS/P RADITYA MAHENDRA YASA

An old diesel locomotive with a background of Tawang Station which is one of the historical traces of the railway in Semarang City, Central Java, on Friday (27/7/2021). The city of Semarang was the location for the first time the railway line entered Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period.

For an increasing number of people, trains are about passion and nostalgia. The rail lovers tread the passage of time along dead tracks, old stations, up to the ruins of history. Even in the city of Semarang, Central Java, there is a milestone in the history of the archipelago\'s railways.

On an afternoon in February, under dark clouds over the sky of the Old City of Semarang, Maybi Prabowo, 48, walked along Jl. Sendowo to the west towards Kali Semarang. Carrying two backpacks, one on his back and one on his chest, he recorded his walk with his mobile phone.