Lubuklinggau railway station

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.

Lubuklinggau Station

Stasiun Lubuklinggau
Kereta Api Indonesia
Lubuklinggau Station in 2018
General information
LocationJalan Kalimantan, Pasar Permiri, Lubuklinggau Barat II, Lubuklinggau, South Sumatra, Indonesia
Coordinates3.293434°S 102.864223°E / -3.293434; 102.864223
Elevation+130m
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Managed byKereta Api Indonesia
Line(s)Kereta Api Indonesia Lubuklinggau–Prabumulih
Platforms1 side platform
1 island platform
Tracks4
Other information
Station codeLLG • 6001[1]
ClassificationClass I[1]
History
Opened1 June 1933
Original companyZuid-Sumatra Staatsspoorwegen
Location
Lubuklinggau Station is located in Southern Sumatra
Lubuklinggau Station
Lubuklinggau Station
Location in southern Sumatra

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

References
  1. Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020.
  2. Kop, Jan (2004). Bouwen in de Archipel: burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000. Walburg Pers.
  3. Archiv Für Eisenbahnwesen. Vol. 58. 1935.
  4. Indisch verslag. Netherlands. Departement van Zaken Overzee. 1934.

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Preceding station   Kereta Api Indonesia   Following station
Terminus   Lubuklinggau–Prabumulih   Kota Padang
towards Prabumulih
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