Batavian Eastern Railway Company
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South Batavia Railway Station (early 20th century)
Batavian Eastern Railway Company (Dutch: Bataviasche Oosterspoorweg Maatschapij), abbreviated as BOS, was a railway company in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. The railroad's 35-mile (56 km) route connected Batavia with Krawang via Meester Cornelis and Bekasi.[1] Chinese Indonesian author Tan Teng Kie wrote a syair poem about construction of the railway line.[2][3]
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References
- ↑ Highways of commerce: The ocean lines, railways, canals, and other trade routes of foreign countries United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce, Govt. Print. Off., 1899 pag3e 595
- ↑ Engineers of Happy Land: Technology and Nationalism in a Colony by Rudolf Mrázek page 257
- ↑ The Batavian Eastern Railway Co. and the Making of a New "Daerah" as Reflected in a Commemorative Syair Written by Tan Teng Kie (1890) by Claudine Salmon Indonesia, Volume 45 (April 1988), 49--62
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