page_title: Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij
hierarchical_section_title: Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij
caption_attribution_description: English: The head office of the Netherlands Indies Railway Co. (NIS) at Semarang, completed July 1907 Bahasa Indonesia: Kantor pusat Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS), Semarang Nederlands: Repronegatief. Het gebouw op de foto dateert van 1902. (P. Boomgaard, 2001). Het hoofdkantoor van de Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) in Semarang
context_page_description: The Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij, abbreviated NIS, was the railway company in charge of rail transport in Java, Dutch East Indies. The company's headquarters were in Semarang. The railway connected Semarang with Yogyakarta and Surakarta and in 1873 they also connected the Willem I Railway Station of Ambarawa and Kedungjati and Batavia. Later the network expanded to Bandung and Surabaya.
  The company's iconic headquarters building in Semarang was designed by Cosman Citroen.
context_section_description: The Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (Dutch East Indies Railway Company), abbreviated NIS, was the railway company in charge of rail transport in Java, Dutch East Indies. The company's headquarters were in Semarang. The railway connected Semarang with Yogyakarta and Surakarta and in 1873 they also connected the Willem I Railway Station of Ambarawa and Kedungjati and Batavia. Later the network expanded to Bandung and Surabaya.
  The company's iconic headquarters building in Semarang was designed by Cosman Citroen.
caption: NIS company head office in Semarang, Dutch East Indies, now known as Lawang Sewu.
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