Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij

Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij, N.V.
	NIS company head office in Semarang, Dutch East Indies, now known as Lawang Sewu.
Overview
Headquarters	Semarang, Dutch East Indies
Locale	Batavia, Buitenzorg, Central Java, East Java, and Yogyakarta Sultanate, Dutch East Indies
Dates of operation	August 27, 1863–1942
Successor	Kereta Api Indonesia
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in); 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) company head office (now known as Lawang Sewu), Semarang, Dutch East Indies

Share of the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg-Maatschappij, issued 9 march 1920

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.

Gallery

A Dutch East Indian Railway Company steam train crosses a railway bridge over the Code River (pronounced: [tʃo:ɖe]) in Yogyakarta on the line between Semarang and the "Vorstenlanden" (the Sultanate of Jogjakarta), Central Java
Offices, power station and high-reservoir of the Central Working-Hall of the NIS in Jogjakarta (now Indonesian Railways Locomotive Workshop)
A steam locomotive runs on a railway bridge of the Dutch East Indian Railway Company on the line between Secang, Magelang and Parakan, Temanggung, Central Java