The liberal Dutch government of the era was then reluctant to build its own railway, preferring to give a free rein to private enterprises. However, private railways could not provide the expected return of investment (even NIS required some financial assistance from the government), and the Dutch Ministry of Colonies finally approved a state railway system, the Staatsspoorwegen (State Railway), extending from Buitenzorg (now Bogor) in the west, to Surabaya in the east. Construction began from both ends, the first line (from Surabaya) being opened on May 16, 1878, and both cities were connected by 1894.
Private enterprises did not completely get out of the picture, and at least 15 light railway companies operated in Java. These companies operated as "steam tram companies", but despite the name, were better described as regional secondary lines.
As befits a colonial enterprise, most railway lines in Indonesia had a dual purpose: economic and strategic. In fact, a condition for the financial assistance for the NIS was that the company build a railway line to Ambarawa, which had an important fort named Willem I for the Dutch king. The first state railway line was built through the mountains on the southern part of Java, instead of the flat regions on the north, for a similar strategic reason. The state railway in Java connected Anyer on the western coast of the island, to Banyuwangi on the eastern coast.
In Sumatra, railways were first used for military purposes, with a railway line connecting Banda Aceh and its port of Uleelhee in 1876. The line, first built to a 1067 mm gauge was later regauged to 750 mm and extended south. This line was only transferred to the Ministry of Colonies from the Ministry of War on January 1, 1916, following the relative pacification of Aceh.
Other state railway lines in Sumatra were located in the Minangkabau area (built between 1891–1894) and the Lampung-South Sumatra region (1914–1932). Both lines were mainly used for conveyance of coal from inland mines to ports.
Another important private railway line was the Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (Deli Railway Company). This line served the important rubber- and tobacco-producing regions in Deli.
Between July 1922 and 1930, a 47 km-long railway line operated in South Sulawesi. This line was to be extended to North Sulawesi, as part of a massive project of railway construction in Borneo and Sulawesi, connection of separate railway systems in Sumatra and electrification of the main lines in Java. The Great Depression of 1929 put paid to these plans.
During the Japanese occupation between 1942 and 1945, the different railway lines in Java were managed as one entity. The Sumatra systems, being under the administration of a different branch of the Japanese armed forces, remained separate.
The occupiers also converted the standard gauge (1,435 mm) lines in Java into 1,067 mm, thereby resolving the dual gauge issue. This was not an actual "problem" as there was not much transfer of materials between the systems, and much of the 1435 mm system had been fitted with a third rail by 1940, creating a mixed-gauge railway.
During the war for independence between 1945 and 1949, freedom fighters took over the railways, creating the first direct predecessor to today's PT Kereta Api, the Djawatan Kereta Api Repoeblik Indonesia (Railway Bureau of the Republic of Indonesia), on September 28, 1945. This date, not the 1867 one, is regarded as the birth date of Indonesian railways and commemorated as Railway Day every year.
In Sumatra, the separate systems were similarly taken over, named Kereta Api Soematera Oetara Negara Repoeblik Indonesia in North Sumatra and Kereta Api Negara Repoeblik Indonesia in South and West Sumatra.
On the other hand, the Dutch created its own combined railway system to manage the lines located on its occupied territory, the Verenigd Spoorwegbedrijf (Combined Railways). By the time of Dutch recognition of Indonesian independence, the VS had most railway lines under its management, though not all were in operation.
With Indonesia's full independence in 1949, the separate systems (except the Deli Railway) were combined into the Djawatan Kereta Api. Non-state railway systems in Java retained their paper existence until 1958, when all railway lines in Indonesia were nationalized, including the Deli Railway, thereby creating the Perusahaan Negara Kereta Api (PNKA: State Railway Corporation).
On September 15, 1971, PNKA was reorganised into Perusahaan Jawatan Kereta Api (Railway Bureau Corporation), in turn reorganised into Perumka (Perusahaan Umum Kereta Api: Public Railway Corporation) on January 2, 1991. Perumka was transformed into PT Kereta Api (Persero) on June 1, 1999.
The headquarters of the state railway system, since Dutch colonial days, had been located in Bandung, West Java. Private railway companies were headquartered elsewhere, in Semarang, Tegal, Surabaya and Medan.
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Criteria for Applicants:
- citizen of Indonesia (WNI).
- Sex: male and female
- Age: Level Bachelor (S1) a maximum of 35 years per 30 November 2011, Level Diploma (D3) as high as 30 per 30 November 2011
- Graduates of community college / private accredited "A" (on the date of graduation) in accordance with the qualification / course of study required by the GPA as low as 2.95.
- Height for Women as low as 155 cm for men as low as 160 cm with weight balanced / ideal.
- Healthy f and not color blind.
- Behave wel
- It was never involved with drugs and / or psychotropic
- Is not tattooed men and women
- There is no direct working ties with other agencies, including the PT. Indonesia Railways (Limited).
- Willing to be placed throughout the area of PT. Indonesia Railways (Limited).
General requirements cover:
- Cover letter signed on stamp duty Rp.6.000, 00 (six thousand dollars) by attaching:
- A copy of last diploma has been legalized
- Copy of transcripts that have been legalized
- Copy of Identity Card (KTP) is still valid
- recent color photograph size 4 x 6 cm, a total of 4 (four) pieces (named)
- Copy of Certificate of Accreditation on the date of graduation from BAN PT and certified by the university / faculty
- Health Certificate from the Doctor
- drug-free certificate from the competent authority (submitted at the time of the interview / selection stage end)
- Certificate of Good conduct from the Police which is still valid
- letter stating there is no direct working ties with other agencies, including the PT. Indonesia Railways (Limited).
- Statement Willing to be placed throughout the PT. Indonesia Railways (Limited) stamped Rp. 6000.00
- Curiculum Vitae, to include work experience, certificates (skill / vocational), Diploma possessed the highest when there
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Bachelor Degree Graduated
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