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Mengenal Depo Sidotopo di Surabaya, Diklaim Jadi Bengkel Kereta Api Terbesar di Asia

Getting to Know Depo Sidotopo in Surabaya, Claimed to be the Largest Train Workshop in Asia

Dream - Not only motorcycles or cars have workshops, but trains also have a place for maintenance. One of them is Sidotopo Depot, which is already a century old, alias 100 years.

Getting to Know Depo Sidotopo in Surabaya, Claimed to be the Largest Train Workshop in Asia

The following is the English translation of the given 'Bahasa' text while preserving any HTML tags: "Depo Sidotopo has been active since 1923. The depot, located in the Daop 8 Surabaya area, is still actively used as a place for maintenance and repair of locomotives, trains, and carriages. At Depo Sidotopo, maintenance of the KA Commuter Line Tumapel, Line Jenggala, Line Supas, Line Dhoho, and Penataran is also carried out. "Everything in the Depo Sidotopo area is still very authentic. Although there have been some renovations, they have not changed the original building since it was built in 1923," KAI wrote on its official website."

Depo Sidotopo was built during the Dutch East Indies government. Starting on April 6, 1875, they formed Staatsspoorwegen (SS) to build a railway line project by connecting the Surabaya-Pasuruan-Malang regions.

Getting to Know Depo Sidotopo in Surabaya, Claimed to be the Largest Train Workshop in Asia

Until 1918, they built the Sidotopo Depot to accommodate the busy train traffic. In a span of 3 years, SS transformed the area that used to be rice fields, swamps, and villages in Sidotopo into a depot area covering more than 80 hectares.

"This depot is claimed by SS as the largest and widest ever owned, even the largest in Asia,""

write KAI.

               

The following is the translation of the 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags: "This was further reinforced by an article in the newspaper "Deli Courant" published on May 9, 1921. According to the newspaper, this depot began operating on April 30 with a length of 3 kilometers and a width of 300 meters, and construction was still ongoing at that time."

Getting to Know Depo Sidotopo in Surabaya, Claimed to be the Largest Train Workshop in Asia
Getting to Know Depo Sidotopo in Surabaya, Claimed to be the Largest Train Workshop in Asia

In the book celebrating the 50th anniversary of Staatsspoorwegen, "Gedenkboek Staatspoor-en Tramwegen" written by S. A. Reitsma, it is explained that the Sidotopo Locomotive Depot has been actively used since 1923. J.J.G Oegema also wrote in his book titled "STOOMTRACTIE OP JAVA EN SUMATRA" that Sidotopo Depot was the most modern main depot at that time.

Not to mention, with an area of more than 80 hectares, SS builds a locomotive depot complex along with a remise for the maintenance and repair of locomotives, including trains and carriages.

Getting to Know Depo Sidotopo in Surabaya, Claimed to be the Largest Train Workshop in Asia
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