Cikampek–Padalarang railway

The Cikampek–Padalarang railway (Indonesian: Jalur kereta api Cikampek–Padalarang) is a railway line that connects Cikampek and Padalarang as the successor route from the Rajawali–Cikampek railway that opened in 1893 then continued to Bandung. This route crosses on province with 3 regencies or cities, namely Cikampek,Purwakarta Regency, and West Bandung Regency.

This lines part of the Jakarta Kota-Cikampek-Bandung railway line, also the busiest intercity line between Jakarta and Bandung due Double-track railway only between Cikampek and Cikadongdong, for to Padalarang and Bandung was challenged due geography of the Jakarta-Bandung railway line, like the bridge and mountain especially with the Sasaksaat railway tunnel as the longest active railway tunnel in Indonesia.

As more and more people wanted to get to Bandung quickly, efforts emerged to extend the BOS line and direct it to the Preangerlijn (Bogor–Padalarang–Kasugihan railway line). A concession proposal was proposed and accepted by the then Minister of Dutch East Indies Colonial Affairs, Jacob Theodoor Cremer. At that time, Cremer had also signed an agreement to acquire the Batavia–Karawang line from BOS, while also paying off debts to the General Workers Union. The acquisition was legalized in Staatsblad No. 222 on 9 June 1898. With a purchase price of ƒ3,900,000, the Dutch East Indies became the owner of the infrastructure that would be extended to Padalarang. This acquisition was finally completed on 4 August 1898. After the acquisition was completed, SS developed this line. Two new lines were built, namely from Batavia BOS Station to Tanjung Priok, as well as the line to Anyer Kidul, so that Batavia BOS was no longer considered a terminus.^[1] The continuation of the line itself was continued by SS to Cikampek and Purwakarta and was inaugurated on 27 December 1902, then continued through the mountains until finally arriving at Padalarang on 2 May 1906. The continuation of the line was built to cut the travel time of the Jakarta–Bandung train.

After extending the line to Purwakarta, on 1 March 1904 the Kemayoran–Ancol–Tanjung Priok line was also completed.^[1] Next, this line then connected to Meester Cornelis, so that this line was seen as similar to a double track, but in fact it was a pair of single tracks whose task was to separate trains heading to Batavia and those heading to Tanjung Priok. ^[2] SS also rebuilt Pasar Senen and Kemayoran, and these projects disbursed funds of ƒ350,000.^[3]

This double-track project is part of a capacity increase on the Cikampek–Bandung route. Currently, the sections of this route that have been double-tracked are Cikampek–Purwakarta, Ciganea–Sukatani, and Plered–Cikadongdong.^[4][5] Due A mountain route, the Ciganea-Sukatani double-track railway also cuts through the landslide-prone hills in the Ciganea area, shifting the railway line from a winding, hilly track to a straighter one, and crossing a new concrete bridge. This bridge is now known as the Cisuren railway bridge.^[6] On 3 December 2004, President of the Republic of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri inaugurated the Cisomang railway bridge.^[7]

Here is a train that passing at the Cikampek-Padalarang railway line:

Southern railway Service

• Parahyangan between Gambir–Bandung
• Cikuray between Pasar Senen–Kiaracondong–Garut
• Papandayan between Gambir–Bandung–Garut
• Pangandaran between Gambir–Bandung–Banjar
• Serayu between Pasar Senen–Kiaracondong–Purwokerto

Northern railway service

• Ciremai between Bandung–Semarang Tawang
• Harina between Bandung–Surabaya Pasarturi

Commuter Line

• Greater Bandung Commuter Line
• Garut Commuter Line
• Jatiluhur and Walahar Commuter Line

• Rajawali–Cikampek railway

• de Bruyn Kops, A.L. (1940). "De Ringbaan in en om Batavia". Spoor- en Tramwegen (in Dutch). 13 (22): 435–439.