Railway companies in the Dutch East Indies

This is a list of railway companies in the Dutch East Indies . Some companies initially operated with a model called the narrow gauge railway and tram company.

In 1945, after the Proclamation of Independence, the Department of Railways of the Republic of Indonesia (DKA) was founded, resulting in the transfer of ownership of the railway lines. After recognition of the independence of Indonesia by the Dutch in December 1949, the company became a national company with headquarters in Bandung.

Lines were constructed only on the islands of Sumatra, Java, Madura and Sulawesi. Many of these lines are now no longer used; only the main lines are still in use.

Sumatra

In the train class Spoorweg Deli Maatschappij (around 1920)

Train crosses the bridge over the river Blang Meh in Lhokseumawe during the Dutch East Indies

Duivelsbrug Bridge or the "Devil Bridge" over the Batang Anai near Fountain, West Sumatra (around 1915)<

• Atjeh Tram (AT) or Atjeh Staats Spoorwegen (ASS)
• Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM)
• Staatsspoorwegen ter Sumatra's Westkust (SSS)
• Staatsspoorwegen op Zuid-Sumatra (ZSS)

Java

• Babat-Djombang Stoomtram Maatschappij (BDSM)
• Batavia Electrische Tram Maatschappij (BET)
• Bataviasche Oosterspoorweg Maatschappij (BOS)
• N.V. Bataviasche Verkeersmaatschappij
• Java Spoorweg Maatschappij (JSM)
• Kediri Stoomtram Maatschappij (KSM)
• Madoera Stoomtram Maatschappij (MT)
• Malang Stoomtram Maatschappij (MSM)
• Modjokerto Stoomtram Maatschappij (MdjSM)
• Nederlands-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NISM)
• Nederlands-Indische Tramweg Maatschappij (NITM)
• Oost-Java Stoomtram Maatschappij (OJSM)
• Pasoeroean Stoomtram Maatschappij (PsSM)
• Probolinggo Stoomtram Maatschappij (PbSM)
• Serajoedal Stoomtram Maatschappij (SDS)
• Semarang-Cheribon Stoomtram Maatschappij (SCS)
• Semarang-Joana Stoomtram Maatschappij (SJS)
• Solosche Tramweg Maatschappij (SoTM)
• Staatsspoorwegen (SS), (belonging to the Dutch East Indies colonial government)