Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environment and Sustainability Issues, ICESI 2019, 18-19 July 2019, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Environmental Changes in the Semarang-Grobogan Railroad Line Area as the Result of the Change in Transportation Policy

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.18-7-2019.2290149,
        author={Endah Sri Hartatik and Agust  Supriyono and Budi Puspo Priyadi and Wasino  Wasino and Fitri Amalia Shintasiwi},
        title={Environmental Changes in the Semarang-Grobogan Railroad Line Area as the Result of the Change in Transportation Policy},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Environment and Sustainability Issues, ICESI 2019, 18-19 July 2019, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICESI},
        year={2019},
        month={12},
        keywords={environmental changes train kind of transportation settlement shopping complex slum},
        doi={10.4108/eai.18-7-2019.2290149}
    }
    
  • Endah Sri Hartatik
    Agust Supriyono
    Budi Puspo Priyadi
    Wasino Wasino
    Fitri Amalia Shintasiwi
    Year: 2019
    Environmental Changes in the Semarang-Grobogan Railroad Line Area as the Result of the Change in Transportation Policy
    ICESI
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.18-7-2019.2290149
Endah Sri Hartatik1,*, Agust Supriyono1, Budi Puspo Priyadi1, Wasino Wasino2, Fitri Amalia Shintasiwi2
  • 1: Diponegoro University, Indonesia
  • 2: Universitas Negeri Semarang, Indonesia
*Contact email: hartatikendah67@gmail.com

Abstract

Train is a kind of mass transportation in Indonesia which has expanded widely in the late 19th and early of 20th centuries. However, since the 1980s, this kind of transportation has not developed. Many railroad tracks were closed because train got a rival, namely road transportation. One of the non-functioning railroad line was the Semarang-Grobogan line. This paper examines environmental changes due to the closure of the railroad line. The method used was the historical method with document data sources and oral historical interview. The results showed that there had been an environmental change in the railroad. The train station which was originally a very clean city center became a densely populated and slum settlement center. In addition, selling stalls which have been established made the station not visible. This pattern occurred in all stations such as Godong, Purwodadi Kota, and Wirosari Stations. These environmental changes were not followed by environmental arrangements. Therefore, this made the land ownership status belonged to Indonesian Railway Company legally, but factually, it was occupied by the surrounding population. Based on these data, it was necessary to have a synergistic environmental management policy between the government of Grobogan Regency and Indonesian Railway Company.