Colonial-Era Semarang Swamped by Sudden Deluge, Reroutes Trains

via Jakarta Post, 14 March 2024: Semarang, Central Java’s provincial capital, has been hit hard by torrential rains, leading to significant flooding in the Old Town area and Tawang Station. The floods, reaching depths of 50 centimeters, have made the colonial-era Old Town impassable for motorists and forced the state railway operator to divert routes away from the submerged Tawang Station.

A torrential downpour in Semarang, the provincial capital of Central Java, has caused severe flooding, which has inundated major parts of the city including the Old Town area and the nearby Tawang Station. In the Old Town, which is home to many colonial-era buildings, flooding to a depth of 50 centimeters has prevented motorists from traversing the area. The flooding has also submerged parts of Tawang Station, prompting state railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) to reroute journeys away from the station. Operations at the city’s other railway station Poncol, which handles mostly economy-class passengers, are not affected by the flooding.

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Source: Flooding inundates Semarang’s Old Town, railway station – Archipelago – The Jakarta Post