Atjeh-Staatsspoor (A.S.S.) / Atjeh-tram, a State railway, appears in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Military-origin railway from Oelèë-Lheuë through Koeta Radja, Sigli, Lho’Seumawé, Langsa to Besitang, with branch lines to Pangkalan Soesoe and Lammeulo.
Type
State railway
Description
Military-origin railway from Oelèë-Lheuë through Koeta Radja, Sigli, Lho’Seumawé, Langsa to Besitang, with branch lines to Pangkalan Soesoe and Lammeulo. Nicknamed by locals ‘het Atjeh-Trammemeje’. A vital link in the pacification of Atjeh. Annual transport roughly 100,000 tons of goods and 2 million passengers per year. Lost traffic to buses and trucks but made a profit in 1937 after severe budget cuts.
Significance
Atjeh-Staatsspoor (A.S.S.) / Atjeh-tram is recorded by Jongejan as part of the institutional landscape of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 286, 287, 291, 292, 293.