Purwokerto railway station

The emplacement of the station, c. 1920s

Purwokerto Station was built in 1917-1918 by the Staatsspoorwegen (SS) railway company.[2][3] The older station in Purwokerto is in the town center, built by Serajoedal Stoomtram Maatschappij in 1893-1896.[4]

The station was built on the Cirebon–Kroya line. In 1923 Purwokerto Station was connected to Purwokerto Timur railway station, allowing travelers from Jakarta to connect to Wonosobo or Purbalingga. But unfortunately in 1978 the line was closed.[2][5] Now along the former route, a new transportation mode in the form of minibuses has been served since 23 November 2018.[6] Based on the Appendix to Presidential Regulation No. 79 of 2019, this railway line is planned to be reactivated to support infrastructure development in order to increase inter-regional connectivity through the development of easy and fast mass transportation.[7] The line to Purwokerto Timur Station and the station railyard itself was still used for loading and unloading of the Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang (PUSRI) fertilizer carriages until it was permanently closed in 2008.[8]

The emplacement of the station, 2015

Purwokerto Station originally had six train lines with track 2 being a straight line. Since the operation of the Purwokerto–Patuguran double track segment as of 9 September 2009,[9][10] the lines increased to seven active lines. Line 2 is the main line / straight line for a single track from / to Kroya–Yogyakarta–Surabaya and also for the upstream double track (to Cirebon–Jakarta). Line 3 is straight line for downstream double path (from Cirebon–Jakarta), both of which serve as the arrival and departure routes of train. Line 1 is used when line 2 and 3 are carrying a train. Lines 4-6 are usually for locomotive parking and railway circuit. From line 7 three additional lines access the locomotive depot and station located at the northwest of the station. All paths other than the lines connected with the dials are connected directly to the main line.

Next, as of 28 January 2019,[11] with the completion of the Purwokerto–Kroya double track segment, line 2 is fully used as a straight gauge for the Prupuk direction, while line 3 is fully used as a straight line for the Kroya direction. The typical old electrical signaling system from Daop V has been replaced with the latest production by PT Len Industri.

This station is the east end station of the double tracks line crossing south of Java Island which will connect Jakarta–Surabaya. With the double track, the Jakarta–Purwokerto route and vice versa can be reached for an average of five hours only.

The following is a list of train services at the Purwokerto Station

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  C1413 locomotive shunting at Purwokerto station
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  The platform of the station, c. 1948
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  The B signal box at the south of the station
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  The Taksaka train at Purwokerto station
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  The platform and interior of the station
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  A new waiting room at Purwokerto station
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  The 2020 version of the station signage
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  The main lobby of Purwokerto station, with the parking area, and water tower at the background, 2021
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  The main lobby of the station, 2020

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