Ambarawa since the days of the Dutch East Indies is a military area, so the King Willem I wanted to build a railway station, in order to make it easier to transport troops to Semarang.
Then on May 21, 1873 Ambarawa Railway Station was built with a land area of 127,500 square meters.
Heyday Ambarawa station better known as William I, as a discontinued operation with a major railway station Ambarawa-Kedungjati Semarang. And 1976 for cross-Secang Ambarawa-Magelang also Ambarawa-Parakan-Waterford.
With the closing of Ambarawa Railway Station, then on 8 April 1976 the Governor of Central Java with Head PJKA Supardjo Rustam Exploitation Soeharso Ambarawa be decided Station railway museum, collecting 21 locomotives ever share transport troops in combat especially Indonesia.
Then on May 21, 1873 Ambarawa Railway Station was built with a land area of 127,500 square meters.
Heyday Ambarawa station better known as William I, as a discontinued operation with a major railway station Ambarawa-Kedungjati Semarang. And 1976 for cross-Secang Ambarawa-Magelang also Ambarawa-Parakan-Waterford.
With the closing of Ambarawa Railway Station, then on 8 April 1976 the Governor of Central Java with Head PJKA Supardjo Rustam Exploitation Soeharso Ambarawa be decided Station railway museum, collecting 21 locomotives ever share transport troops in combat especially Indonesia.