Private company

Deli Railway Company

Railway company in the Dutch East Indies

N.V. Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM, lit. 'Deli Railway Company plc'), was a private railway company that operated near the east coast of Sumatra around Deli (now Medan). The Deli Company established itself as a tobacco plantation and then expanded into tea, rubber and timber products.2 It is headquartered in Amsterdam.1 It ceased to exist in 1957.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1883Founded1
  • Industryrail transport, railway1
  • HeadquartersAmsterdam1

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COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Het hoofdkantoor van de Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM) TMnr 60026577
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

N.V. Deli Spoorweg Maatschappij (DSM, lit. 'Deli Railway Company plc'), was a private railway company that operated near the east coast of Sumatra around Deli (now Medan). The Deli Company established itself as a tobacco plantation and then expanded into tea, rubber and timber products.2

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Kereta Api Indonesia1

Timeline

  1. 1957Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1883Founded Founded1

Sources

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