Maos railway station

Maos Station Stasiun Maos
Maos Station platform in 2019
General information
Location	Jalan Stasiun Maos, Karangreja, Maos, Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia
Coordinates	7°37′09″S109°08′22″E / 7.6190643°S 109.139396°E / -7.6190643; 109.139396
Elevation	+8m
Owned by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Managed by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Line(s)	Cilacap–Kroya Maos–Purwokerto Timur (closed)
Platforms	1 side platform 3 island platforms
Tracks	7
Construction
Parking	Available
Other information
Station code	MA • 2016 [1]
Classification	Large type C [1]
History
Opened	20 July 1887
Original company	Staatsspoorwegen
Location Maos Station Location in Java

Maos Station (MA) is a large type C railway station located in Maos District, Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The station is located at an altitude of +8 meters and is operated by Operation Area V Purwokerto.

History

Collapsed old Maos Station façade

The station was built by Staatsspoorwegen and was opened on 20 July 1887, along with the opening of Cilacap–Kroya–Kutoarjo–Yogyakarta railway line. ^[2]

The station building was initially built in Indies Empire style. The original building was partially collapsed due to an earthquake on 15 May 1923 and later was torn down and rebuilt due to safety hazard. ^[3] The only original part of the station that survives is the platform canopy.

The station once had a railway lines to Purwokerto Timur and Wonosobo that were built by the Serajoedal Stoomtram Maatschappij (SDS) in 1896. ^[4] The railway lines were closed and dismantled during the Japanese occupation in 1943.

Building and layout

Maos Station has four platforms and seven lines, with line 2 being a straight line. The line 6 and 7 is used for loading and unloading of Pertamina petroleum trains. The Pertamina oil depot itself is located to the northeast of the station.

Few hundred meters to the west there is a railway bridge across Serayu River and not far from it there is the railway junction to Banjar and Cilacap at Kasugihan Station, with the station itself located on the Cilacap branch line. ^[5]

Services

The following is a list of train services at Maos Station ^[6]

Passenger services

Train name	Class	Train endpoints		Note
Purwojaya	Executive	Gambir	Cilacap	via Cirebon–Purwokerto
Baturraden Ekspres	Executive-Business	Bandung	Purwokerto	via Tasikmalaya–Kroya
Kutojaya Selatan	Economy	Kiaracondong	Kutoarjo
Serayu		Pasar Senen	Purwokerto	via Kiaracondong–Kroya
Lodaya	Executive-Economy Premium	Bandung	Solo Balapan	via Tasikmalaya–Kroya
Pasundan	Economy	Kiaracondong	Surabaya Gubeng	via Tasikmalaya–Lempuyangan
Mutiara Selatan	Executive-Economy Premium	Bandung		via Tasikmalaya–Yogyakarta
Kahuripan	Economy	Kiaracondong	Blitar	via Tasikmalaya–Lempuyangan
Malabar	Executive-Economy	Bandung	Malang	via Tasikmalaya–Yogyakarta
Wijayakusuma	Executive-Economy Premium	Cilacap	Ketapang	via Yogyakarta–Surabaya Gubeng
Joglosemarkerto	Executive-Economy Premium	Yogyakarta	Cilacap
Kamandaka	Executive-Economy	Semarang Tawang

Freight

• Pertamina petroleum to Larangan via Purwokerto–Slawi

References

1. Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020.
2. Staatsspoorwegen (1921–1932). Verslag der Staatsspoor-en-Tramwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië 1921-1932. Batavia: Burgerlijke Openbare Werken.
3. Stehn, C.E. (1923). "De aardbeving van Maos op 15 Mei 1923". de Mijningenieur. 4.
4. Zuhdi, Susanto (2002). Cilacap (1830-1942): bangkit dan runtuhnya suatu pelabuhan di Jawa. Jakarta: Gramedia.
5. "Stasiun Maos". heritage.kai.id. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
6. Grafik Perjalanan Kereta Api pada Jaringan Jalur Kereta Api Nasional di Jawa Tahun 2023 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian. 14 April 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.

External links

Media related to Maos Station at Wikimedia Commons

Preceding station		Kereta Api Indonesia		Following station
Kasugihan towards Cilacap		Cilacap–Kroya		Sikampuh towards Kroya
Terminus		Maos–Purwokerto Timur (Closed)		Pasar Maos towards Purwokerto Timur