Binjai railway station
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Binjai Station Stasiun Binjai  | |||||||||||
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 Front view of Binjai Station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Binjai North Sumatra Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 3°36′35″N 98°29′52″E / 3.609662°N 98.497760°E | ||||||||||
| Elevation | +29.30 m (96.1 ft) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Kereta Api Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Kereta Api Indonesia | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  Sri Lelawangsa Besitang–Medan}} | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Ground | ||||||||||
| Parking |  Available | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities |  Bicycle parking | ||||||||||
| Accessible |  Available | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Indische Empire DSM | ||||||||||
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| Station code | BIJ • 8815[1] | ||||||||||
| Classification | Class II[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Previous names | Timbang Langkat Station | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2016 | 710,516[2] | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Binjai Station, (BIJ)—formerly known as Timbang Langkat Station—is railway station located in Binjai, Indonesia, in the area near Binjai Bus station. The station is located at an elevation of +29.30 m (96.1 ft), and is situated in the Regional Division Railway I North Sumatra and Aceh. Unlike most other stations in North Sumatra which have different architecture, Binjai station remains a colonial-style building from the time of its first construction.
History
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Binjai station [when?] has no rail service towards Besitang[when?] because this railroad was closed. In addition, the station no longer serves for the transportation of goods. In 2016, there were plans to reactivate the railway to connect Medan to Banda Aceh; it was expected to be operational in 2017. In the past, there were four stations between Medan: Binjai, namely as Sikambing, Sunggal, Sungai Semayang, and Diski station.
Previously, Binjai station had crossroads between Besitang and Kuala. But the railway to Kuala remains only in traces now.[3]
Building and layout
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Binjai station used to have six railway tracks, but nowadays only 3 tracks remain. At the north end of the station, there is a water tower, and there are also still two water cranes remaining for steam locomotives in the far north and south of the station.
At late 2020, the mechanical signaling system at this station has been replaced with an electrical signaling system produced by Len Industri.
Services
[edit]- Sri Lelawangsa to Medan and Kuala Bingai
Supporting transportation
[edit]| Public transportation type | Route | Destination |
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| Trans Mebidang | M1 | Binjai City Bus Terminal–Pusat Pasar (Medan) |
Gallery
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The waiting room of the station -
The front view of the station, 2017
References
[edit]- ^ a b Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Jumlah Penumpang Kereta Api Melalui Stasiun Binjai (Jiwa), 2016" (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ Stasiun Binjai heritage.kereta-api.co.id
External links
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Media related to Binjai Station at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceding station | Kereta Api Indonesia | Following station | ||
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| Kuala Begumit towards Besitang |
Besitang–Medan | Diski from Medan |
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