The Ruang Kepala , I guess before its used by the Kepala Sekolah (eng: Headmaster) previously its used by Kepala Stasiun (eng: Head of Station) |
After the track between Semarang and Tanggoeng is finished
and its officially opened on August 10th 1867, there’s several line
built to expand the railroad networks. The track itself expanded to Solo and
finished on 1870 then to Jogjakarta two years later. Then for the efficiency,
because its considered turning too far, its built the track to Jogjakarta from
Semarang through the mountainous area in the central Java area, through Kedung
Jati-Ambarawa-Magelang-Jogjakarta. Its really-really challenging every engineer
on that time, because its really impossible to realize it. Anyway, they make
it, and its used the special mountainous track, similar with those in West
Sumatera or in Switzerland. This track
itself were officially closed by the government of Indonesia on 1984, due to
its already inefficient, the people refers to bus transportation lately. Then
the track is abandoned, only track from Tuntang -Ambarawa-Bedono were preserved,
for the tourist attraction. The rest of the track? Most of them are stolen,
settled or simply demolished.
A railroad bridge, not so far from the station, heading to Jogjakarta direction. |
During my KKN programme, I’ve found the remains of the Semarang-Jogjakarta
railways track, there’s Grabag Station. The condition were almost well
preserved because now its used by the local government as a Junior High School
building. The station designed are easily recognized, there’s not so much
additional on the building structure. Here, I felt the power of interactions on
that time between the people in countryside with those on the city. On the
colonial period, the development of railroad network have its purpose to
fulfilling the needs of the people about transportation, also as an efforts to
the better economic growth. Along the area which passed by railroad network, the
people used this “metal horses” as their daily transport. Furthermore, in many small station or halte
located, the people from the countryside often exploit it as their means to
sold their product, the traders came
from the countryside offering their product, dominated by agricultural
products, and those from the city are also came with their product, dominated
by factory product like clothes, shoes, and so on. The station once become the important place for the rural and
urban people to interact.
Coming into a place like this, sometimes made my mind imagining what happend on that time. Once I closed my eyes and tried to romanticize, the people interaction here, the whistle blowed by the station administrateur , the passenger who waiting for the train for the Semarang or Jogjakarta direction, a rendezvous or a farewell. Several Sado, waiting in the yard of the station, waiting for the passenger to used their service to go home or to the others destionation. Then I opened my eyes, only a gentle evening breeze passed surround. Alone, quiet and only a sounds from sparrow faintly audible. Ah, if only this building could speak. . .
Coming into a place like this, sometimes made my mind imagining what happend on that time. Once I closed my eyes and tried to romanticize, the people interaction here, the whistle blowed by the station administrateur , the passenger who waiting for the train for the Semarang or Jogjakarta direction, a rendezvous or a farewell. Several Sado, waiting in the yard of the station, waiting for the passenger to used their service to go home or to the others destionation. Then I opened my eyes, only a gentle evening breeze passed surround. Alone, quiet and only a sounds from sparrow faintly audible. Ah, if only this building could speak. . .
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