Medan railway station

{{Infobox station

| name = {{JakRSN|A|01|size=50}} {{rint|id|rail|size=40}}
Medan Station

| native_name = Stasiun Medan

| image = Medan Railway Station.jpg

| image_caption = The exterior view of Medan Station

| address = Medan

| coordinates = {{coord|3.590879|98.679741|format=dms|region:ID_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

| line = {{ubl|{{JakRLS|A|size=20}} Kualanamu Airport Rail Link|File:Sri Lelawangsa icon.png Sri Lelawangsa|{{rint|id|rail}} Belawan–Medan|{{rint|id|rail}} Besitang–Medan|{{rint|id|rail}} Medan–Tebing Tinggi}}

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| platform = 2 side platforms
2 island platforms

| tracks = 7

| levels = 2

| parking = 18px Available

| bicycle = 18px Bicycle parking

| classification = Large class type A{{cite book|url=https://ppid.dephub.go.id/fileupload/informasi-berkala/BI_Final_RevMei.pdf|title=Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101050243/http://ppid.dephub.go.id/files/dataka/BI_Final_RevMei.pdf|archive-date=2020-01-01|language=id}}

| passengers =

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| opened = {{Start date and age|1886|07|25|df=y}}

| rebuilt = 2013

| original = Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij

| accessible = 18px Available

| code = MDN • 9300

| owned = Kereta Api Indonesia

| zone =

| services = {{Adjacent stations

|system=KAI |line=Sri Lelawangsa |right=Binjai

|system2=KAI Bandara |line2=Kualanamu |right2=Bandar Khalipah

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| mpassengers =

| operator = * Kereta Api Indonesia

KAI Bandara

| map_type = Indonesia_Medan

| map_caption = Location in Medan

| map_dot_label = Medan Station

| structure = Ground

| elevation = {{convert|+22|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| borough = North Sumatra

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Medan Station (MDN) is the main railway station in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. In addition to intercity services operated by Indonesia's national rail operator, Kereta Api Indonesia, the station also has service to Kualanamu International Airport via Kualanamu ARS.{{cite web|title=Medan Airport Rail Link|url=http://flights.indonesiamatters.com/12664-medan-airport-train/}}

The rail line contained in Medan Station stretched from north to south. Rails leading to the south of the rail with the direction of travel to Tebing Tinggi, {{stnlnk|Kisaran}}, {{stnlnk|Tanjungbalai}}, {{stnlnk|Siantar}} and {{stnlnk|Rantau Prapat}}, while the rails leading to the north is the direction of travel to {{stnlnk|Belawan}}, {{stnlnk|Binjai}} and {{stnlnk|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 Kualanamu 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.

History

File:Spoorwegstation te Medan, KITLV 43319.tiff

File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het spoorwegstation van de Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM) TMnr 60026562.jpg

Medan Station was officially opened on 25 July 1886 by Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij. At that time there was a 16.7 kilometer line connecting Medan Station and Labuhan Station.{{Cite web |date=2015-05-07 |title=Wajah Perkeretaapian Medan |url=http://print.kompas.com/baca/2015/05/07/Wajah-Perkeretaapian-Medan |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Kompas |language=id}} The line connects the city center of Medan to Port of Belawan. The rail line continued from Labuhan Station to Belawan Station which was inaugurated on 16 February 1888 and once served the Medan–Aceh route (Atjeh Stoomtram Staatspoorwegen).{{Cite book |last=Sinar |first=Tengku Luckman |title=The History of Medan in the Olden Times |publisher=Lembaga Penelitian dan Pengembangan Seni Budaya Melayu |year=1996 |location=Medan}}{{Cite book |title=Yearbook of the Netherlands East Indies |publisher=Departement van Landbouw, Nijverheid en Handel |year=1916 |pages=195}}

Medan Station architecture has undergone a complete overhaul from the original form. Until now this station has undergone several renovations. The last major renovation was carried out in 2013 with the construction of a new building for the airport train (as the City Railway Station) as well as a revamp of the design of the existing building for regional train services. The only remainings of the old station on the current building complex is a clock tower in front of the station, a Dutch-style locomotive depot, the platform roof that houses lanes 2 and 3, and a suspension bridge at the station's southern end. This station also has an overpass (towards Pulu Brayan and Bandar Khalipah) whose construction began in 2016.{{Cite news |date=2016-03-02 |title=Jokowi Resmikan Pengerjaan Jalur Layang Stasiun Medan-Bandar Khalipah Hari Ini |language=id |work=jppn.com |url=http://www.jpnn.com/read/2016/03/02/360663/Jokowi-Resmikan-Pengerjaan-Jalur-Layang-Stasiun-Medan-Bandar-Khalipah-Hari-Ini- |access-date=2023-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914180720/http://www.jpnn.com/read/2016/03/02/360663/Jokowi-Resmikan-Pengerjaan-Jalur-Layang-Stasiun-Medan-Bandar-Khalipah-Hari-Ini- |archive-date=2016-09-14}}

Building and layout

File:STASIUN MEDAN 2021.jpgMedan Station has three entrances/exits, namely the Lapangan Merdeka side which is the entrance/exit for intercity and local trains. The other door, namely the Lapangan Merdeka side, is the entrance/exit for airport train services. The third side, the Jalan Jawa/Center Point Mall side is the exit for the airport train service.

This station originally had nine train lines with line 1 being a straight line from and towards Binjai, while line 2 is a straight track going to and from Pulu Brayan–Belawan. When a new elevated rail was built that took up lines 6 and 7, the number of lines for this train station was automatically reduced to seven. As soon as this new elevated rail project was completed, the number of tracks returned to nine with 2 lanes at the top. In addition, the old electrical signaling system (type GL1) has been replaced with the newest one produced by PT Len Industri.

Services

Passenger trains that use this station are:

Kualanamu ARS to Kualanamu
Sribilah to {{stnlnk|Rantau Prapat}}
Putri Deli to {{stnlnk|Tanjungbalai}}
Siantar Express to {{stnlnk|Siantar}}
Sri Lelawangsa to {{stnlnk|Binjai}} and {{stnlnk|Kuala Bingai}}

Supporting transportation

File:Trans Metro Deli KM2.jpeg bus fleet near Medan Station]]

As of 2022, Medan Station is connected to all five corridors of Trans Metro Deli BRT and Corridor 1 of Trans Mebidang BRT.

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!Route

!Destination

Trans Mebidang

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|Binjai City Bus Terminal–Pusat Pasar (Medan)

rowspan="5" |Trans Metro Deli{{Cite web |title=Medan |url=https://temanbus.com/medan/ |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=Teman Bus}}

|{{RouteBox|1|Trans Metro Deli|#297930}}

|Pinang Baris Bus Terminal–Lapangan Merdeka

|Amplas Integrated Terminal–Lapangan Merdeka

|Belawan–Lapangan Merdeka

|Medan Tuntungan–Lapangan Merdeka

|Medan Tembung–Lapangan Merdeka

Gallery

File:BB 302 Putri Deli Shunting.jpg|The platform of the station seen from the skybridge access to the Airport Rail Link Station

File:Medan Layang Platform.jpg|The new elevated platform of Medan Station

File:Railink Kuala Namu Medan Layang.jpg|The Kualanamu Airport Rail Link at the new elevated platform of Medan Station

File:BB 302 70 01 langsiran.jpeg|BB 302 70 01 locomotive on shunting service

File:Kereta api Bandara Kualanamu berangkat dari Stasiun Medan lewat jalur layang.png|Kualanamu Airport Rail Link train departing from Medan Station via elevated route