Surabaya Gubeng railway station

Surabaya Gubeng Station, known as Spoorwegstation Goebeng Soerabaja during the Dutch East Indies era, is a railway station located at Gubeng Station Street, Pacarkeling, Tambaksari, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.[3] This station is the biggest railway station in Surabaya and East Java, and is a departure from the main railway in Surabaya, especially towards the south and east, while the train that passes through the northern route, such as majors train Jakarta via Semarang, departed from Surabaya Pasar Turi Station.

Surabaya Gubeng Station

Stasiun Surabaya Gubeng
Kereta Api Indonesia
Front view of the new station building (top) and the old station building (bottom)
General information
LocationPacarkeling, Tambaksari, Surabaya
East Java
Indonesia
Coordinates07°15′55″S 112°45′08″E
Elevation+5 m (16 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated byKereta Api Indonesia
KAI Commuter
Line(s)Kereta Api Indonesia Surabaya Railway
Platforms2 side platform
5 Island platforms
Tracks6
Connections
  • Trans Semanggi Suroboyo:
  •  K2L 
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Bicycle parking
Accessible Available
Architectural style
  • Chalet (old building)
  • Modern (new building)
Other information
Station codeSGU • 4520[1]
ClassificationLarge type A[1]
History
Opened16 May 1878 (1878-05-16)[2]
Rebuilt1905, 1928, 1995
Services
Preceding station   Commuter rail in Surabaya   Following station
Surabaya Kota
Terminus		   Komuter Surabaya–Bangil   Wonokromo
towards Bangil
Surabaya Kota
Terminus		   Komuter Surabaya–Pasuruan   Wonokromo
towards Pasuruan
Surabaya Kota
Terminus		   Komuter Jenggala   Wonokromo
towards Mojokerto
Wonokromo
towards Sidoarjo		   Komuter Sidoarjo–Indro   Surabaya Pasar Turi
towards Indro
Location
Surabaya Gubeng Station is located in Surabaya
Surabaya Gubeng Station
Surabaya Gubeng Station
Location in Surabaya

Surabaya Gubeng station was first built on the west side of the railway tracks. In the mid-1990s, new Surabaya Gubeng station building was built on the east side of railway tracks, which are wider and has more modern architecture.

History

Colonial era
Goebang train station (late 19th century)
The front view perspective (the photographer facing towards northeast) of the station with a horse-drawn carriage at the front

Surabaya Gubeng Station is one of the railway stations belonging to Staatsspoorwegen which was inaugurated on 16 May 1878 as part of the Surabaya–Pasuruan railway development project. [4] This station was first built on the west side of the railroad.

Initially, the station used a mechanical signaling system, then underwent a signaling system change to electric in the 1970–1980s. On 7 June 1996, a new station building with an area of 13,671 m2 was completed on the east side of the railroad tracks with a more modern and wider architecture—the construction was estimated to cost Rp 1.5 billion.[5]

The old station building has also been renovated several times, including the renovation of the platform canopy in 1905 and the main building lobby in 1928. The style of this station building is typical of the SS, namely the Chalet style, an architectural style characterized by strong high walls. on the mounds of roofs decorated with wrought iron tendrils, as well as large windows with iron jalousie.[6] The old station building has been designated as a cultural heritage by the Surabaya City Government.[7]

Gubeng Station was once the station where Indonesia's first President Soekarno worked while studying at the Technische Hoogeschool te Bandoeng (now ITB). At that time, H.O.S. Cokroaminoto, who had become Soekarno's father-in-law, was thrown into prison by the Colonial Government before Soekarno was in Bandung for 3 months. Soekarno used the title Raden Soekarno, B.K.L., der Eerste Klasse Categorie (first rank of first class). He worked as a clerk in the station administration. Soekarno was paid Rp. 165 per month and Rp. 125 was given to the Tjokroaminoto family. So H.O.S. Tjokroaminoto was released from prison in April 1922, three months later Soekarno returned to study at THB.[8]

Post-colonial era

During the war for independence, the area around this station became the headquarters for dozens of armed members of the Indonesian Railways Youth Force (Indonesian: Angkatan Muda Kereta Api or AMKA). Their strength is about 30 people led by Moh. Ali and among them were equipped with submachine guns.[9]

Building and layout
The old building of the station which is used only for local and commuter train passengers
The new building of Surabaya Gubeng Station which has been in use since 1996, along with raised letters on the front only for the departure and arrival of intercity trains (2021)

In the 1990s, Surabaya Gubeng Station had many railway lines. However, since the new station building was officially used, the number of lines has been reduced to six. Line 1 (most western) is a straight downstream track usually used for departures of local and southbound commuter trains; line 2 is a straight line upstream for the arrival of local and commuter trains from the south; lines 3 and 4 are usually for economy-class train stopovers during the locomotive shutdown process, locomotive or train/carriage parking, and as a direct running track for freight trains; line 5 is a straight line to and from Sidotopo–Benteng for train arrivals and departures when a train stops on line 6 and also serves as a direct running track for freight trains;  as well as line 6 (easternmost) for the departure and arrival of intercity trains both from the terminus and stopping in the city of Surabaya from various railroad crossings on the island of Java. To the north of line 6 there is a line that branches to the Surabaya Gubeng railway workshop.

This station has been equipped with signposts to go to certain rooms/track numbers/facilities, track directions along with the distance traveled, and monitor screens of real-time train departure and arrival information that look like those at an airport. As of 2020, the design of lane signboards has been adjusted to ISO 7001:2007 standards with respect to the 2021 Christmas and New Year's transport.[10]

Services
Self-print ticket service in Surabaya Gubeng Station

Passenger trains that use this station are:

Supporting transportation

Source:[11]

Public transportation type Route Destination
West side
City bus A2 Purabaya bus terminal–Surabaya Kota Station
Bemo F Joyoboyo intermodal terminal–Pegirian
N Jembatan Merah Plaza–Bratang bus terminal
W Pasar Dukuh Kupang–Pasar Rakyat Karang Menjangan
East side
Bemo C Pegirian–Pasar Rakyat Karang Menjangan
T2 Joyoboyo intermodal terminal–Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology campus (via Mulyosari or Airlangga University campus C)
Joyoboyo intermodal terminal–Kenjeran Park
W Pasar Rakyat Karang Menjangan–Pasar Dukuh Kupang
WB Bulak Banteng–Bratang bus terminal
Trans Semanggi Suroboyo  K2L  Raya Lidah Wetan–ITS
  • The Ranggajati train at Surabaya Gubeng station
    The Ranggajati train at Surabaya Gubeng station
  • Mutiara Timur (left) and Ranggajati (right) trains at the station platform
    Mutiara Timur (left) and Ranggajati (right) trains at the station platform
  • The Argo Wilis train departing from Surabaya Gubeng station
    The Argo Wilis train departing from Surabaya Gubeng station

References
  1. Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. Staatsspoorwegen (1932). Staatsspoorwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië: Jaarstatistieken over de jaren 1931 en 1932. Burgerlijke Openbare Werken.
  3. "Pemerintah Kota Surabaya".
  4. Staatsspoorwegen (1931). Staatsspoorwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië: Jaarstatistieken over de jaren 1931 en 1932. Burgerlijke Openbare Werken.
  5. Departemen Penerangan RI, Direktorat Publikasi (1996). Stasiun KA Gubeng, Terbesar Kedua di Indonesia. Jakarta: Warta Laporan Daerah: Berkala Bulanan. Departemen Penerangan Republik Indonesia.
  6. "Stasiun Kereta Api Gubeng Surabaya". Informasi Situs Budaya Indonesia (in Indonesian). 27 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. Surabaya Mayor Decree No188.45/251/402.1.04/1996
  8. Osdar, J. (2020). Melintasi Seribu Stasiun. Kompas. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9786232413863.
  9. Brigade Ronggolawe, Sejarah; IKAPI, Anggota Panitia Penyusunan (1985). Pengabdian Selama Perang Kemerdekaan Bersama Brigade Ronggolawe (1st ed.). Aries Lima. p. 179.
  10. "Sambut Libur Natal dan Tahun Baru, KAI Ubah Signager dan Hadirkan Ornamen Tambahan". Berita Trans (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 11 December 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  11. "Transportasi". Surabaya City Government (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
Preceding station   Kereta Api Indonesia   Following station
Surabaya Pasar Turi
Terminus		   Surabaya Railway
SBI–SGU		   Terminus
Ngagel
towards Wonokromo		   Surabaya Railway
WO–SB		   Surabaya Kota
Terminus
Terminus   Surabaya Railway
SGU–BET		   Sidotopo
towards Benteng
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