Staatsspoorwegen
The Staatsspoorwegen's material stock at Bandung | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bandung, Dutch East Indies |
| Locale | Dutch East Indies |
| Dates of operation | 6 April 1875–1950 |
| Successor | Kereta Api Indonesia |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) (Aceh tramway) 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) (SS tramway in Java) |
| Length | 2,742.5 km 1,704.1 mi (1928) |
Staatsspoorwegen (Dutch for State Railways, full name: Dienst der Staatsspoor- en Tramwegen in Nederlandsch–Indië (State Railways and Tramways Service in the Netherlands Indies, SS en T), commonly abbreviated as SS) was a state-owned railway company managed by the Dutch East Indies colonial government. It was absorbed into the present Kereta Api Indonesia after Indonesian independence in 1945. The main competitor was Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) as private-owned railways company which had standard gauge and cape gauge lines.
Staatsspoorwegen operated railways with three gauges: 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) for heavy lines, and 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and 2 ft (610 mm) for tramways.