Rangkasbitung-Labuan railway

Rangkasbitung–Labuan railway
Overview
Status	Ceased operation
Locale	Banten
Termini	Rangkasbitung; Labuan
Service
Type	Heavy rail
History
Opened	1906
Closed	1982
Technical
Line length	55.8 km
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

The Rangkasbitung–Labuan railway was a single-track and 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge railway, branching off the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway at Rangkasbitung. The public railway company Staatsspoorwegen built the line as part of the Western railways (Dutch: Westerlijnen) in order to improve connectivity with the western regions on Java.[1]

The 55.8 km[2] long line was in use between 18 June 1906 and 1982.[1] Parts of the infrastructure are still present.

Between 1944 and 1951, a branch line went from Saketi to the south coast near Bayah, Lebak.[3]

Stations

The following is a list of stations in order of position on this railway:[4]

Rangkasbitung
Warunggunung
Cibuah
Pasirtangkil
Pandeglang
Cibiuk
Cimenyan
Kadukacang
Sekong
Cipeucang
Cikadueun
Saketi, with a branch line to Bayah
Sodong
Kenanga
Menes
Babakanlor
Kalumpang
Labuan

References

Teeuwen, D. (2010). "Manpower, steam tractions and contact wires" (PDF).
Kolff, G. (10 October 1908). "Beknopt verslag der Staatsspoorwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië over het jaar 1906" [Concise report by the State Railways in the Dutch Indies of the year 1906]. De Ingenieur (in Dutch). 23 (41): 765. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
Serang (Map). 1:250000. T508. US Army Map Service. 1954. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
Overzichtskaart van de residentie Bantam [Overview map of the residency of Banten] (Map). 1:250000 (in Dutch). Batavia: Topografische Inrichting. 1922. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

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[a-1] Teeuwen, D. (2010). "Manpower, steam tractions and contact wires" (PDF).

[2] Kolff, G. (10 October 1908). "Beknopt verslag der Staatsspoorwegen in Nederlandsch-Indië over het jaar 1906" [Concise report by the State Railways in the Dutch Indies of the year 1906]. De Ingenieur (in Dutch). 23 (41): 765. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

[3] Serang (Map). 1:250000. T508. US Army Map Service. 1954. Retrieved 19 October 2015.

[4] Overzichtskaart van de residentie Bantam [Overview map of the residency of Banten] (Map). 1:250000 (in Dutch). Batavia: Topografische Inrichting. 1922. Retrieved 19 October 2015.