Railway Transport Development in East Sumatra, 1880s-1930s

Muhammad Rivai; Erond L. Damanik; Hafnita Sari Dewi Lubis; Apriani Harahap

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2022, 11 October 2022, Medan, Indonesia

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Railway Transport Development in East Sumatra, 1880s-1930s

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    author={Muhammad  Rivai and Erond L.  Damanik and Hafnita Sari Dewi  Lubis and Apriani  Harahap},
    title={Railway Transport Development in East Sumatra, 1880s-1930s},
    proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovation in Education, Science and Culture, ICIESC 2022, 11 October 2022, Medan, Indonesia},
    publisher={EAI},
    proceedings_a={ICIESC},
    year={2022},
    month={12},
    keywords={east sumatra railway transportation},
    doi={10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325400}
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Muhammad Rivai
Erond L. Damanik
Hafnita Sari Dewi Lubis
Apriani Harahap
Year: 2022
Railway Transport Development in East Sumatra, 1880s-1930s
ICIESC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325400

Muhammad Rivai¹^,*, Erond L. Damanik², Hafnita Sari Dewi Lubis¹, Apriani Harahap¹

1: Department of History Education, Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia
2: Department of Department of Anthropology Education, Universitas Negeri Medan, Indonesia

*Contact email: muhammadrivai@unimed.ac.id

Abstract

This article examines the relationship between the development of the plantation industry and the construction of railway in East Sumatra in the 1880s-1930s. This article uses historical methods. This study reveals that the construction of railway lines is related to the needs of planters for modern transportation to transport plantation products. The construction of railway infrastructure was carried out by Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM), a company formed in 1881 by the manager of Deli Maatschappij, J.T. Cremer. In the period 1883-1937, the DSM built 553,223 kilometers of railroads stretching from Besitang to Rantau Prapat. This transportation can reduce the time and cost of transporting plantation products to the port.

Keywords: east sumatra railway transportation

Published: 2022-12-22
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.11-10-2022.2325400