# Cimahi railway station

Cimahi Station (CMI) (Sundanese: ᮞ᮪ᮒᮞᮤᮇᮔ᮪ ᮎᮤᮙᮠᮤ, romanized: Stasion Cimahi) is a class II railway station located in Baros, Padalarang, West Bandung Regency, to be precise on Station Street, Bandung Barat. The station, which is located at an altitude of +723 meters, is included in the Operational Area II Bandung.

## History

The Cimahi region has become known since 1811 when the Governor General of the Dutch East Indies at the time, Herman Willem Daendels led the Anyer–Panarukan road construction project. At that time Daendels assigned forced laborers to set up a guard post near what would become Cimahi Alun-alun (square).
Plans to grow the area had been initiated since the 1880s by making plans for the military town of Cimahi and the center of government in the city of Bandung. This plan was then started by establishing Cimahi Station. The construction of this station was initiated by the Staatsspoorwegen (SS), a railway company belonging to the Dutch East Indies Colonial Government. This station began to fully operate on 17 May 1884, simultaneously with the opening of the Padalarang–Bandung railway line.
After the construction of this station, in 1886, Cimahi was designed to be a center for education, training and military barracks that supported the military center in Bandung. To meet this need, soldiers and their families are provided with facilities such as military housing, military hospitals, shooting ranges, meeting halls, cinemas, churches, burial complexes, swimming pools, and there is a military detention center at this station. This military area began to fully materialize in 1896.
It is said that ± 200 m to the east or towards Cimindi Station there are branches leading to Pusdikjas & Pusdikpal which have existed since the Dutch era, bearing in mind that the Cimahi area was made a Military City by the Dutch East Indies Government. It is not known for sure the facts of this branching. It's just that there used to be remnants of rails on the side of the road which are now covered in concrete & asphalt.
Since 6 April 1999, this station is using electrical signaling system produced by Alstom.

## Architecture

The architecture of this station on the inside is similar to other SS stations (Indische Empire), but the facade looks different. The vernacular character of this station is very prominent, it can be seen from the use of symmetry on the front facade with the main departure gate in the middle of the building. The main station building has no pillars. The windows look classic with iron louvers in the form of semicircular geometric ornaments on the vents, typical of the SS, while the jalousie windows below are made of wood. The roof has adapted its shape to the tropical climate of the Dutch East Indies and has a gorge. The characteristics of the station as a public facility can be seen from the absence of terrace stairs and porch railings. When compared to The Historich Building (Societeit voor Officieren) which is located to the northeast of the station complex, the use of the station is more public than the function of The Historich which tends to be private, so the architecture chosen for the building is Neoclassical.

## Station layout

This station originally had five tracks, with line 1 and 2 being straight tracks, but line 5 has been dismantled for a long time, so it only remains four tracks.
Main building :
| Side platform ||||
| Line 1 | | Inter-city train stop to Cikampek Straight tracks to Cikampek | |
| Line 1 | ← (Padalarang) | HSR Feeder Train to Padalarang | |
| Line 1 | ← (Gadobangkong) | Garut Commuter Line to Padalarang/Purwakarta Greater Bandung Commuter Line to Padalarang/Purwakarta | |
| Island platform ||||
| Line 2 | | Inter-city train stop to Bandung Straight tracks to Bandung | |
| Line 2 | | HSR Feeder Train to Bandung | (Bandung) → |
| Line 2 | | Garut Commuter Line to Cibatu/Garut Greater Bandung Commuter Line to Cicalengka | (Cimindi) → |
| Island platform ||||
| Line 3 | | Turning tracks to Bandung and Cikampek | |
| Line 4 | | Rail siding | |

## Services

The following is a list of train services at the Cimahi Station.

### Passenger services

* Executive class
** Argo Parahyangan, to Gambir and to Bandung
* Mixed class
** Argo Parahyangan, to Gambir and to Bandung (executive–economy)
** Ciremai, to Bandung and to Semarang Tawang (executive–business)
** Harina, to Bandung and to Surabaya Pasar Turi (executive–economy)
** Pangandaran, to Gambir and to Banjar (executive–economy)
* Economy class
** Serayu, to Pasar Senen and to Purwokerto via Kroya
* Local/commuter trains
** Greater Bandung Commuter Line, to Padalarang/Purwakarta and to Cicalengka
** Garut Commuter Line, to Padalarang/Purwakarta and to Cibatu/Garut
** HSR Feeder Train, to Padalarang and to Bandung

## Supporting transportation

The following list is the available supporting transportation modes at Cimahi Station.
| Publuc transportation type | Route number | Route | Destination |
| Angkot | – | Bandung Station–Cimahi–Padalarang | Bandung Station bus terminal |
| Angkot | – | Bandung Station–Cimahi–Padalarang | Padalarang Tagog market |
| Angkot | – | Leuwi Panjang–Cimahi–Padalarang | Leuwi Panjang bus terminal |
| Angkot | – | Leuwi Panjang–Cimahi–Padalarang | Padalarang Tagog market |

## Gallery

* The platform of the station, with the Argo Parahyangan train heading to Jakarta (2010)
* The emplacement of the station seen from the east, with its signage at right (2010)