Lebong Tandai

Lebong Tandai
Village
A "molek" crosses a bridge, January 2019
Country	Indonesia
Province	Bengkulu
Regency	North Bengkulu
Subdistrict	Napal Putih
Time zone	UTC+7 (Western Indonesia Time)
Area code	+62 737

Lebong Tandai is one of the villages in the subdistrict of Napal Putih, North Bengkulu Regency, Bengkulu province, Indonesia.

The village is known as a gold mining area since the Dutch colonial era in 1910. After Indonesia became independent in 1945, gold mines and relics of the Dutch building was taken over by the Lebong Tandai people. ^[1]

Transportation

This remote village is connected to the outside world with the Motor Lori Ekspress (Molek) railway, between Lebong Tandai and the village of Air Tenang, also in Napal Putih, via a 35-kilometre (22 mi) former gold mining railway route through Sumatran jungle. The railway line was built by the Dutch colonial in the 1900s. Since the 1980s the railway is operated with motored draisines operated by local residents. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

References

1. Jelajah, Sunday, 13 March 2011 08.00 AM at Trans TV
2. "Molek, Alat Transportasi Khas Bengkulu Utara". nationalgeographic.grid.id (in Indonesian). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
3. "Gold Mine Railways in Sumatra". internationalsteam.co.uk. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
4. Lhotellier, Guillaume; Boddaert, Antoine (2023). Decossas, Frédéric; Basso, Alexandre (eds.). Dicing with Death: Sumatra Cursed Treasures. Deadliest Jouneys. Productions Toni Comiti. ISAN 0000-0006-7F20-0000-G-0000-0000-Q – via Youtube.

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