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Medan railway station

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Location
  
Medan Indonesia

Opened
  
1883

Owner
  
Kereta Api Indonesia

Tracks
  
8 (4 in operational)

Station code
  
MDN

Province
  
North Sumatra

Platforms in use
  
4

Medan railway station

Owned by
  
PT Kereta Api Indonesia

Line(s)
  
North Sumatran Main Line Medan-Airport Line Belawan Line Deli Tua Line (defunct)

Address
  
Jl. Stasiun Kereta, Gg. Buntu, Medan Tim., Kota Medan, Sumatera Utara 20231, Indonesia

Similar
  
Kuala Namu Internatio, Siantar railway station, Binjai railway station, Semarang Tawang railway st, Cirebon railway station

Medan Station is the main train station in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. In addition to intercity services operated by Indonesia's national rail operator, PT Kereta Api, the station also has service to Kuala Namu Airport via Railink.

Architecture Medan Kota Station has undergone a complete overhaul of the original form. It is left of the building complex of the old station is their clock tower at the front of the station, where locomotive depot are still with Dutch architecture, the roof of the platform that houses lanes 2 and 3, as well as the suspension bridge at the southern end station.

The rail line contained in Medan Kota Station stretched from north to south. Rails leading to the south of the rail with the direction of travel to Tebing Tinggi, Kisaran, Tanjung Balai, Pematang Siantar and Rantau Prapat, while the rails leading to the north is the direction of travel to Belawan, Binjai and Besitang, which branched approximately 850 m north of the station. From Medan stations are branching former rail to Pancur Batu and Deli Tua. This station has city check-in for passengers at newly Kuala Namu International Airport, this service also the first in throughout Indonesia.

In 2006, Medan Station get Prima Utama Award for the best public service transport unit.

Destination

Passenger trains that use this station are:

  • Sri Bilah to Rantau Prapat
  • Lancang Kuning to Tanjung Balai
  • Putri Deli to Tanjung Balai
  • Siantar Express to Siantar
  • Feeder Putri Deli to Binjai
  • Feeder Sri Bilah to Binjai
  • Sri Lelawangsa to Binjai, Tebingtinggi and Belawan
  • References

    Medan railway station Wikipedia