Ambarawa Railway Museum Tourism Object - The Ambarawa Railway Museum is a train station that has been converted into a museum in Ambarawa, Central Java. In this museum, we will find some of the equipment of the train that once triumphed in ancient times. One of the steam trains with locomotive numbers B 2502 and B 2503 was made by Maschinenfabrik Esslingen, and B 5112 was made by Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG which is still operating as a tourist train in Ambarawa. This jagged steam train is very unique and is one of only three remaining in the world. Two of them are in Switzerland and India. Apart from these unique collections, you can also see various types of steam locomotives from the B, C, and D series to the largest CC types (CC 5029, Schweizerische Lokomotiv und Maschinenfabrik/Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works) in the museum courtyard.
The building and location of the Ambarawa Railway Museum
Ambarawa was originally a military town during the Dutch Colonial Government. King Willem ordered to build of a new train station that would allow the government to transport its soldiers to Semarang. On May 21, 1873, the Ambarawa railway station was built on a land area of 127,500 m². It was originally known as Willem I Station.
This station was originally a meeting point between the 1,435 mm wide gauge towards Kedungjati and 1,067 mm towards Yogyakarta via Magelang. It can still be seen that both sides of the railway station were built to accommodate the different widths of the gauge.
The Ambarawa Railway Museum was then established on October 6, 1976, at Ambarawa Station to preserve the steam locomotive which was then in a period of reuse when the 1,435 mm rail line belonging to the State Railway Company was closed. This is an open-air museum located in the station complex.
Ambarawa Railway Museum Tour
This museum serves the Ambarawa-Bedono round trip train, Ambarawa-Tuntang round trip, and the Ambarawa-Tuntang round trip tour train. The Ambarawa-Bedono pp tourist train or better known as the Ambarawa Railway Mountain Tour operates from this museum to Bedono Station which is 35 km away and takes 1 hour to reach the station. This train passes through a jagged rail that only exists here and in Sawahlunto. A panorama of natural beauty such as a green valley between Mount Ungaran and Mount Merbabu can be seen along the way.
The view that can be enjoyed from the Ambarawa-Tuntang train and lorry is no less beautiful. This train departs from the station to Tuntang Station which is about 7 km from the museum. Along the way, you can see a charming landscape of rice fields and fields with the background of Mount Ungaran, Mount Merbabu, and Rawa Pening in the distance. This train has actually been around for a long time but was closed in the 1980s due to damaged infrastructure.
The ticket price for the tourist train is IDR. 0,000 per person, while the IDR lorry. 10,000 per person. IDR car rental price. 3,000,000
Thus a brief review of the Ambarawa Railway Museum, I hope this brief review can be a reference for you to get to know more about the History of the Ambarawa Railway Museum Tourism Object. Hopefully Helpful and Thank you for visiting.
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