Samarang – Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij

Stoomtram Maatschappij, NV
Steam train in front of the headquarters of the SJS
Bridge over the Joana River on the Joana – Lasem route
Route length:	417 km
Gauge :	1067 mm ( cape track )

The Samarang – Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij, NV (SJS, Dutch for steam tram company Samarang – Joana ) was a private tram company operating on the Dutch-Indian islands (now Central Java ) on a 417 km long network with a gauge of 1067 mm ( 3 feet 6 inches ) passenger and freight traffic.

history

SJS bond, 1899

The steam tram company was founded on March 18, 1881 by JF Dijkman, W. Walker and GH Clifford and started operating on September 28, 1881. On the basis of concessions from the colonial government of the Dutch East Indies of December 1, 1879, the aim was to connect Semarang with Kudus and Pati via a railway line.

The first director of the company was Baron Henri Maarten Anton van der Goes van Dirxland (born November 30, 1841 in 's-Gravenhage ; † January 29, 1890), who had also been director of Oost-Java Stoomtram Maatschappij since June 7, 1888 was. He was assisted in running his company from November 1881 to April 1886 by a council secretary named CLJ Martens.

The most important station was the Jurnatan Station , which was also called Semarang-Centraal or Djoernatan. In 1913 it was expanded 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 was taken out of service in 1974.

Railway lines

The railway lines as well as their route sections and the dates of their commissioning are listed in the following table:

Railway line	Route section	Installation	Length (km)
Jurnatan – Jomblang Tram line	Jurnatan – Jomblang	December 1, 1882	4.4
Jurnatan – Bulu – Banjir Canal Tram line	Jurnatan-Bulu	March 12, 1883	3
	Bulu – Banjir Canal	November 4, 1899	0.8
Cabang Jurnatan – Samarang NIS	Jurnatan – Samarang	March 12, 1883	1
Jurnatan-Demak	Jurnatan – Genuk	July 2, 1883	6.1
	Genuk – Demak	September 27, 1883	19.7
Demak kudu	Demak kudu	March 15, 1884	26.4
	Demak kudu	1919	26th
Kudu-juwana	Kudu pati	April 19, 1884	21.2
	Kudu pati	1919	23.2
	Pati-Juwana	April 19, 1884	13.8
Juwana-Rembang	Juwana-Rembang	May 1, 1900	23
Juwana-Tayu	Juwana – Trangkil	May 20, 1899	8.2
	Trangkil – Bulumanis	August 15, 1899	7.5
	Bulumanis – Tayu	May 1, 1900	8.8
Kudu-Mayong-Pecangaan	Kudu Mayong	September 6, 1887	11.5
	Kudu Mayong	1919	14th
	Mayong – Pecangaan	May 5, 1895	10.3
Mayong – Welahan	Mayong – Welahan	November 10, 1900	5.5
Demak-Purwodadi	Demak-Godong	November 15, 1888	20.8
	Godong – Purwodadi	April 1, 1889	18th
Purwodadi – Wirosari – Blora	Purwodadi – Wirosari	October 1, 1889	21.4
	Wirosari Kunduran	September 16, 1893	18.3
	Kunduran-Ngawen	March 22, 1894	10.3
	Ngawen – Blora	September 13, 1894	15.3
Purwodadi-Gundih	Purwodadi-Gundih	1884	17.3
	Purwodadi-Ngrombo	January 1, 1892 (diperpendek pasca akuisisi)	9
Wirosari – Kradenan	Wirosari – Kradenan	November 1, 1898	8.2
Rembang-Blora	Rembang-Blora	June 15, 1902	36.8
Blora – Cepu	Rembang Cepu	November 1, 1901	33.4
	Cepu Kota (SJS) –Cepu (NIS):	February 1, 1903	1.8
Rembang – Bojonegoro	Rembang Lasem	May 1, 1900	14th
	Lasem pamotan	June 1, 1914	10
	Pamotan-Jatirogo	February 20, 1919	24

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  Central Station Semarang

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  Roofing of the Joana station

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  Cut at Tjabak, Lij Blora – Cepu

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  Bridge over the river Loesie, Blora – Tjepoe

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  Railway operation despite flooding

Port railways

The following branches were relocated to facilitate the export and import of goods

Pelabuhan	Panjang
Tanjung Emas	1.5
Juwana	1.9
Rembang	0.5

Nationalization and decommissioning

Due to Government Decree No. 40 of the Republic of Indonesia from 1959, issued under President Sukarno , all steam and tram lines that were previously operated by Dutch companies were nationalized and their operation was transferred to Djawatan Kereta Api (DKA).

The SJS-Bahn continued to operate under the DKA and PNKA until the golden age of the PJKA in the 1970s. In 1975 the Kudus – Bakalan and Juwana – Tayu lines were shut down. The Cepu Kota – Rembang line was closed in 1984. In 1986 the Kemijen – Rembang and Purwodadi – Ngemplak lines were closed. The Rembang – Jatirogo line was closed in 1992. The last SJS lines, Blora – Demak and Wirosari – Kradenan, were closed in 1996. Most of the tracks have not yet been dismantled, but there are no concrete plans for reactivation.

Locomotives

All SJS locomotive fleets were steam locomotives. No diesel locomotives were used on the SJS until the 1960s. For the maintenance of the locomotives and trains southeast of the Semarang Tawang station a central depot , the building of which was demolished in the mid-1990s. The SJS steam locomotives are listed in the following table:

class	Installation	Manufacturer	number	photo	Remarks
B11	1883	Beyer-Peacock	4 locomotives were at the Nederlandsch-Indische Maatschappij Spoorweg issued
B12	1881	Werkspoor	46 locomotives, some of which were sent to the Oost-Java Stoomtram Maatschappij issued		Issued in front of the Stasiun Surabaya Pasarturi
B20	1882	Beyer-Peacock dan Werkspoor	19 locomotives		In the Museum KA Ambarawa issued
B27	1912	Hartmann locomotive construction	16 locomotives		In the Museum KA Ambarawa issued
C19	1898	Hartmann	12 locomotives		Exhibited at the Transportasi Museum, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), Jakarta
D10	1913	Hartmann	6 locomotives
D15	1931	Hanomag	5 locomotives

Web links

• Early documents and newspaper articles on Samarang – Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Semarang-Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij . Retrieved June 4, 2018.
2. ^ SA Reitsma: Indian spoorweg-politiek . Landsdrukkerij, 1920.
3. ↑ Baron van der Goes van Dirxland, CLJ Martens: Gedenkboek samengesteld the occasion van het Vijf en Twintig-Jarig Bestaan ​​of the Samarang-Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij . Koninklijke Nederlandse-Boek en Kunsthandel van MM Couvee, The Hague 1907.
4. ↑ Besari, M. Sahari (Mohamad Sahari): Teknologi di Nusantara: 40 abad hambatan Inovasi . Salemba Teknika, Jakarta 2008, ISBN 9789799549259 , OCLC 271921449 .
5. ↑ Kompas Cyber ​​Media: Jurnatan, Tinggal Nama . In: KOMPAS.com , August 4, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2018. 
6. ^ SA Reitsma: Van Stockum's Traveller's Handbook: For the Dutch East Indies . WP Van Stockum & Son, Limited, 1930.
7. ↑ Samarang – Joana Stoomtram: Failure of the Samarang – Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij . SJS,.
8. ↑ Michiel van Ballegoijen de Jong: Spoorwegstations op Java 1993.