Ambarawa Railway Museum, Beautiful Place in Semarang City

Railway Museum was once a train station, but now converted into a museum. Ambarawa is located in the city center, about 20 km from Ungaran, Semarang regency. Ambarawa Railway Museum has one of the steam trains with locomotive number B 2502 and B 2503 Maschinenfabriek artificial Esslingen, a train that had triumphed in his day, which is still able to run the activity as train travel.

Lokomotof old Ambarawa Railway Museum Ancient building Ambarawa Railway Museum

Locomotive No. 2502 B with jagged steam train completeness is very unique and is one of only three remaining in the world. Two of them were in Switzerland and India. In addition to the collections of the train was also there are various types of steam locomotives of series B, C, D to the type of the greatest CC (CC 5029, Schweizerische Lokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik) in the museum courtyard.

The atmosphere in front of the Railway Museum at the corner of Railway Museum

Railway Station was established due to the request of King William I. It was previously used to transport troops. But in 1970, the station was closed. As a result, the path of Magelang - Semarang - Yogyakarta that is not there anymore. In 1976, the Governor of Central Java, Soepardjo Roestam, change the function of the station into the Railway Museum. Although it looks old, but the building and all the equipment that is still well preserved. This atmosphere seems to bring visitors to the heyday of train of Nederlandsch-Indische Maatschappij Spoorweg.

Ambarawa Railway Museum.
Address: The station No. 1, Ambarawa Semarang District.
Phone number 0298 591 035.
Update: After a long closed and do not receive public visits for restoration, starting October 1, 2014, the museum reopened to the public.

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