Binjai Station

Stasiun Binjai
Kereta Api Indonesia
Front view of Binjai Station
General information
LocationBinjai
North Sumatra
Indonesia
Coordinates3°36′35″N 98°29′52″E / 3.609662°N 98.497760°E / 3.609662; 98.497760
Elevation+29.30 m (96.1 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated byKereta Api Indonesia
Line(s)
Platforms2
Tracks3
Connections
  • Trans Mebidang:
  •  1 
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking Available
Bicycle facilities Bicycle parking
Accessible Available
Architectural styleIndische Empire DSM
Other information
Station codeBIJ • 8815[1]
ClassificationClass II[1]
History
Previous namesTimbang Langkat Station
Passengers
2016710,516[2]
Services
Preceding station Kereta Api Indonesia Following station
Medan
Terminus
Sri Lelawangsa Kuala Bingai
Terminus
Location
Binjai Station is located in Northern Sumatra
Binjai Station
Binjai Station
Location in Northern Sumatra

Binjai Station, (BIJ)—formerly known as Timbang Langkat Station—is railway station located in Binjai, Indonesia, in the area near Binjai Bus station. The station is located at an elevation of +29.30 m (96.1 ft), and is situated in the Regional Division Railway I North Sumatra and Aceh. Unlike most other stations in North Sumatra which have different architecture, Binjai station remains a colonial-style building from the time of its first construction.

History

The first generation of Timbang Langkat Station
Front side of Binjai station, formerly known as Timbang Langkat Station.

Binjai station has no rail service towards Besitang because this railroad was closed. In addition, the station no longer serves for the transportation of goods. In 2016, there were plans to reactivate the railway to connect Medan to Banda Aceh; it was expected to be operational in 2017. In the past, there were four stations between Medan: Binjai, namely as Sikambing, Sunggal, Sungai Semayang, and Diski station.

Previously, Binjai station had crossroads between Besitang and Kuala. But the railway to Kuala remains only in traces now.[3]

Building and layout

Sri Lelawangsa train at the station platform

Binjai station used to have six railway tracks, but nowadays only 3 tracks remain. At the north end of the station, there is a water tower, and there are also still two water cranes remaining for steam locomotives in the far north and south of the station.

At late 2020, the mechanical signaling system at this station has been replaced with an electrical signaling system produced by Len Industri.

Services

Supporting transportation

Public transportation type Route Destination
Trans Mebidang  M1  Binjai City Bus Terminal–Pusat Pasar (Medan)

References

  1. 1 2 Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020.
  2. "Jumlah Penumpang Kereta Api Melalui Stasiun Binjai (Jiwa), 2016" (in Indonesian). Statistics Indonesia. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  3. Stasiun Binjai heritage.kereta-api.co.id
Preceding station   Kereta Api Indonesia   Following station
Kuala Begumit
towards Besitang
  Besitang–Medan   Diski
from Medan
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