Placement of Ambarawa Railway Station in city spatial planning

Abstract

The construction of the Ambarawa (Willem I) - Kedungjati railway line by the Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NISM) is for military purposes and the transportation of the plantations of the Dutch colonial government so that it was significant to study. The successful placement of the train station is supported by the structural quality of the station building that was built as well as the city/regional focal point. Then in the development of the regional spatial structure allows a shift in the role of the land route where the railway station building is located.This study aims to examine the placement of Railway Stations in the City Spatial Plan on the Ambarawa-Kedungjati Line because at present the Ambarawa train station still has a strong role because it is the starting point for the development of the city which produces a variety of morphological spatial expressions in the form of a compact form of square shape and Urban sprawl in the form of linear development. The results of the study can be taken into consideration in the planning of the area where the railway station building is placed in line with the development of the city and or district layout.