Duku railway station

Duku Station (DUK) is a railway station located in Kasang, Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman Regency, West Sumatra. The station, which is located at an altitude of +7m, is included in the Regional Division II West Sumatra. To the northeast from line 1 of this station there is a new branch to Minangkabau International Airport which has been operating since 2018.^[2][3]

Duku Station Stasiun Duku
Minangkabau Airport Rail Link arrived Duku Station.
General information
Location	Jl. Raya Padang-Bukittinggi, Kasang, Batang Anai, Padang Pariaman Regency West Sumatra Indonesia
Coordinates	0°47′13″S 100°19′01″E / 0.786944°S 100.317°E / -0.786944; 100.317
Elevation	+7 m (23 ft)
Owned by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Operated by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Line(s)	Minangkabau Express  L  Lembah Anai Railbus  S  Sibinuang
Platforms	1 island platform 2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Ground
Parking	Available
Accessible	Available
Architectural style	Rumah Gadang
Other information
Station code	DUK • 7027^[1]
Classification	Class II^[1]
History
Rebuilt	2015–2017
Services
Preceding station Kereta Api Indonesia Following station Lubuk Buaya towards Pulau Aie Pulau Aie–Padang Panjang Pasarusang towards Padang Panjang Lubuk Buaya towards Padang Sibinuang Lubuk Alung towards Naras Terminus Minangkabau Int'l Airport–Duku Minangkabau International Airport Terminus Tabing towards Pulau Aie Minangkabau Airport Rail Link
Location
Duku Station Location in Southern Sumatra

The station building has now been replaced with a new building with a typical Minangkabau Rumah Gadang architecture. The old station building which is an Staatsspoorwegen ter Sumatra's Westkust [id] heritage has now been torn down.

This line is served by train from the airport to Padang Station, which is 23 km from the airport. Starting 22 March 2019 the Lembah Anai rail bus also stopped at this station in connection with the extension of this railway link to the airport and this station automatically became the station with the busiest rail traffic in West Sumatra.^[4]

Building and layout

This station has three railway lines with line 2 being a straight line towards Padang and Lubuk Alung. To the northeast of line 1 of this station there is a new branch to Minangkabau International Airport along 3 km which has been operating since 2018.^[2][3]

Side platform
Line 3	← (Lubuk Alung)	S  Sibinuang to Naras and Padang-Pauh Lima	(Lubuk Buaya) →
Line 2	← (Minangkabau International Airport/Lubuk Alung)	L  Lembah Anai Railbus to Minangkabau International Airport and Kayu Tanam
	← (Lubuk Alung)	S  Sibinuang to Naras and Padang-Pauh Lima	(Lubuk Buaya) →
Island platform
Line 1	← (Minangkabau International Airport)	←   Minangkabau Express to Minangkabau International Airport and Pulau Aie	(Tabing)
Side platform
Main building

Services

The following is a list of train services at the Duku Station.^[5]

Passenger services

• Sibinuang, to Padang and Naras
• Lembah Anai railbus, to Kayu Tanam and Minangkabau International Airport
• Minangkabau Airport Rail Link, to Pulau Aie and Minangkabau International Airport

References

1. (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020.
2. "Jalur KA Bandara Minangkabau Bakal Resmi Beroperasi 2018" (in Indonesian). Ilyas Istianur Praditya. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
3. "PT KAI Gratiskan Tiket Operasional Perdana KA Bandara Internasional Minangkabau (BIM)". Kereta Api Indonesia (in Indonesian). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
4. Kodrat Setiawan, ed. (22 March 2019). "Menhub Resmikan Pengoperasian Jalur KA Sumatera Barat Rute Pariaman-Naras". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 February 2021.
5. Grafik perjalanan kereta api 2019 (in Indonesian), Directorate General of Railways [id], 2019

External links

•   Media related to Duku Station at Wikimedia Commons