page_title: Rail transport in Indonesia
section_title: Railways on Sumatra
hierarchical_section_title: Rail transport in Indonesia / Infrastructure / Railways on Sumatra
caption_attribution_description: English: Medan Railway Station Bahasa Indonesia: Stasiun Kereta Api Medan
context_page_description: The majority of Indonesia's railways are on Java, used for both passenger and freight transport. There are three noncontinuous railway networks in Sumatra with two new networks are being developed in Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Indonesia has finalized its plan for a national railway network recently. According to the plan, 3,200 km of train tracks that will criss-cross the islands of Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi, it has been touted as the most extensive railway project in Indonesia since its independence from the Dutch in 1945.
  Urban railway exist in form of commuter rail in Jakarta, Bandung, and Surabaya. New mass rapid transit and light rail transit system are currently being introduced in Jakarta and Palembang.
  Despite Indonesia having a left-hand running for roads, most of the railway lines use right-hand running due to Dutch influence.
  Indonesia's rail gauge is 1,067 mm, although 1,435 mm and 750 mm lines previously existed. Newer constructions in Aceh, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi, along with the Jakarta LRT, are using the 1,435 mm gauge. Most of the Jakarta metropolitan area is electrified at 1500 V DC overhead.
context_section_description: In Sumatra as of 2013, there are 1,869 kilometres of track, of which 1,348 km are operational. Several unconnected railway networks were built in the time of the Dutch East Indies:
  Banda Aceh-Lhokseumawe-Besitang-Medan-Tebingtinggi-Pematang Siantar-Rantau Prapat in northern Sumatra (the Banda Aceh-Besitang section was closed in 1971, but is being rebuilt, as of 2011 )
  Padang-Solok-Bukittinggi in West Sumatra
  Bandar Lampung-Palembang-Lahat-Lubuk Linggau in southern Sumatra.
  Plans to connect up and fix these isolated lines are included in the Trans-Sumatra Railway plan. Railway services in Sumatra by operational is divided into three regional divisions, which are:
caption: Medan railway station, serving intercity trains as well as Railink airport train service to Kualanamu International Airport
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