Ambarawa Railway Museum, Railway museum in Ambarawa, Indonesia
The museum displays 26 steam locomotives, 4 diesel locomotives, 5 passenger cars, and 6 freight cars in a former colonial railway station building.
The station, inaugurated on May 21, 1873, as Willem I Station, served military transport and export commodities in Central Java during Dutch colonial rule.
The museum preserves railway equipment from the Dutch colonial period through early Indonesian independence, representing transportation evolution in Central Java.
The museum operates daily from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, with admission fees of 20,000 rupiah for adults, 10,000 for children, and 30,000 for international visitors.
Visitors can experience mountain railway trips using the only active cog steam locomotive system in Indonesia on the Ambarawa-Bedono route.
Location: Semarang
Inception: May 21, 1873
Address: Jl. Stasiun No.1, Panjang Kidul, Panjang, Kec. Ambarawa, Kabupaten Semarang, Jawa Tengah 50614
Email: ambarawa@kawisata.id
Website: https://heritage.kai.id/page/museum-ambarawa
GPS coordinates: -7.26542,110.40126
Latest update: May 27, 2025 08:39
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