List of railway companies in the Dutch East Indies

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In the train class Spoorweg Deli Maatschappij (around 1920) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Interieur van een eerste klas rijtuig van de Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij TMnr 60004408.jpg
In the train class Spoorweg Deli Maatschappij (around 1920)
Train crosses the bridge over the river Blang Meh in Lhokseumawe during the Dutch East Indies COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een trein rijdt op een spoorbrug over een rivier in LhoSuemawesche Blang Me Atjeh Noord-Sumatra TMnr 10007511.jpg
Train crosses the bridge over the river Blang Meh in Lhokseumawe during the Dutch East Indies
Duivelsbrug Bridge or the "Devil Bridge" over the Batang Anai near Fountain, West Sumatra (around 1915) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Mannen werken aan de Duivelsbrug in de Anaikloof dichtbij Air Mantjoer Sumatra's Westkust TMnr 10007730.jpg
Duivelsbrug Bridge or the "Devil Bridge" over the Batang Anai near Fountain, West Sumatra (around 1915)

This is a list of railway companies in the Dutch East Indies . Some companies initially operated with a model called the narrow gauge railway and tram company.

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In 1945, after the Proclamation of Independence, the Department of Railways of the Republic of Indonesia (DKA) was founded, resulting in the transfer of ownership of the railway lines. After recognition of the independence of Indonesia by the Dutch in December 1949, the company became a national company with headquarters in Bandung, which then evolved into today's Kereta Api Indonesia.

Lines were constructed only on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Madura and Sulawesi. Many of these lines are now no longer used; only the main lines are still in use.

Sumatra

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Private

Java

Public

Private

Private (Urban)

Sulawesi

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