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Maos railway station
Maos Station (MA) is a large type C railway station located in Maos District, Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia. The station is located at an altitude of +8 meters and is operated by Operation Area V Purwokerto. History The station was built by Staatsspoorwegen and was opened on 20 July 1887, along with the opening of Cilacap–Kroya–Kutoarjo–Yogyakarta railway line.[2] The station building was initially built in Indies Empire style. The original building was partially collapsed due to an earthquake on 15 May 1923 and later was torn down and rebuilt due to safety hazard.[3] The only original part of the station that survives is the platform canopy. The station once had a railway lines to Purwokerto Timur and Wonosobo that were built by the Serajoedal Stoomtram Maatschappij (SDS) in 1896.[4] The railway lines were closed and dismantled during the Japanese occupation in 1943. Building and layoutMaos Station has four platforms and seven lines, with line 2 being a straight line. The line 6 and 7 is used for loading and unloading of Pertamina petroleum trains. The Pertamina oil depot itself is located to the northeast of the station. Few hundred meters to the west there is a railway bridge across Serayu River and not far from it there is the railway junction to Banjar and Cilacap at Kasugihan Station, with the station itself located on the Cilacap branch line.[5] ServicesThe following is a list of train services at Maos Station[6] Passenger services
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