Duku railway station

Duku Station

Stasiun Duku
Kereta Api Indonesia
Minangkabau Airport Rail Link arrived Duku Station.
General information
LocationJl. Raya Padang-Bukittinggi, Kasang, Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman Regency
West Sumatra
Indonesia
Coordinates0°47′13″S 100°19′01″E / 0.786944°S 100.317°E / -0.786944; 100.317
Elevation+7 m (23 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated byKereta Api Indonesia
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeGround
Parking Available
Accessible Available
Architectural styleRumah Gadang
Other information
Station codeDUK • 7027[1]
ClassificationClass II[1]
History
Rebuilt2015–2017
Services
Preceding station Kereta Api Indonesia Following station
Lubuk Buaya
towards Pulau Aie
 Pulau Aie–Padang Panjang Pasarusang
towards Padang Panjang
Lubuk Buaya
towards Padang
 Sibinuang Lubuk Alung
towards Naras
Terminus Minangkabau Int'l Airport–Duku Minangkabau International Airport
Terminus
Tabing
towards Pulau Aie
 Minangkabau Airport Rail Link
Location
Duku Station is located in Southern Sumatra
Duku Station
Duku Station
Location in Southern Sumatra

Duku Station (DUK) is a railway station located in Kasang, Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra. The station, which is located at an altitude of +7m, is included in the Regional Division II West Sumatra. To the northeast from line 1 of this station there is a new branch to Minangkabau International Airport which has been operating since 2018.[2][3]

The station building has now been replaced with a new building with a typical Minangkabau Rumah Gadang architecture. The old station building which is an Staatsspoorwegen ter Sumatra's Westkust [id] heritage has now been torn down.

This line is served by train from the airport to Padang Station, which is 23 km from the airport. Starting 22 March 2019 the Lembah Anai rail bus also stopped at this station in connection with the extension of this railway link to the airport and this station automatically became the station with the busiest rail traffic in West Sumatra.[4]

Building and layout

This station has three railway lines with line 2 being a straight line towards Padang and Lubuk Alung. To the northeast of line 1 of this station there is a new branch to Minangkabau International Airport along 3 km which has been operating since 2018.[2][3]

Side platform
Line 3 ← (Lubuk Alung)  S  Sibinuang to Naras and Padang-Pauh Lima (Lubuk Buaya) →
Line 2 ← (Minangkabau International Airport/Lubuk Alung)  L  Lembah Anai Railbus to Minangkabau International Airport and Kayu Tanam
← (Lubuk Alung)  S  Sibinuang to Naras and Padang-Pauh Lima (Lubuk Buaya) →
Island platform
Line 1 ← (Minangkabau International Airport) ← Minangkabau Express to Minangkabau International Airport and Pulau Aie (Tabing)
Side platform
Main building

Services

The following is a list of train services at the Duku Station.[5]

Passenger services

References

  1. ^ a b Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Jalur KA Bandara Minangkabau Bakal Resmi Beroperasi 2018" (in Indonesian). Ilyas Istianur Praditya. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "PT KAI Gratiskan Tiket Operasional Perdana KA Bandara Internasional Minangkabau (BIM)". Kereta Api Indonesia (in Indonesian). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  4. ^ Kodrat Setiawan, ed. (22 March 2019). "Menhub Resmikan Pengoperasian Jalur KA Sumatera Barat Rute Pariaman-Naras". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  5. ^ Grafik perjalanan kereta api 2019 (in Indonesian), Directorate General of Railways [id], 2019
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