Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij

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The Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij was a Dutch colonial railway company in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) that developed and operated key rail lines and related infrastructure.

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Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch company
colonial company
railway company
associatedWithLanguage Dutch colonial administration documents
associatedWithPeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
builtInfrastructureType bridges
depots
railway lines
railway stations
corporateForm joint-stock company
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of the Netherlands
historicalContext Dutch colonialism in the East Indies
historicalNameOfTerritory Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies
surface form: Nederlandsch-Indië
historicalRegion colonial Indonesia
industry infrastructure development
rail transport
languageOfName Dutch
modernTerritory Indonesia
Indonesia
surface form: Republic of Indonesia
nameAbbreviation NIS
operatedIn Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
Java
operatedRailwayGauge 1,435 mm gauge
standard gauge
operatedRailwayType public railway
steam railway
operatedUnder Dutch colonial law
operationalStatus defunct
primaryContinentOfOperation Asia
primaryIslandOfOperation Java
railwayFunction freight haulage
long-distance services
regional services
relatedTo Dutch colonial administration in the East Indies
history of rail transport in Indonesia
role developer of railway infrastructure in the Dutch East Indies
operator of colonial railway services
serviceType freight transport
passenger transport
significance developed key trunk railway lines on Java
one of the earliest railway companies in the Dutch East Indies
successorContext Indonesian national railway system
transportMode rail
usedPropulsion steam locomotives

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Lawang Sewu building constructedFor Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij
subject surface form: Lawang Sewu
Indonesian railway network historicalOperator Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij