According to the Verslag der Handelingen van Staten-Generaal (Report of the Proceedings of the States General), there are proposals for the connection of two Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) railway lines which are extended to Surabaya and continued to Pasuruan, and the route from Depok to the eastern region of Bogor Regency (Buitenzorg) which is said to be fertile.

van Bosse before the States General in November 1873 at the same time evaluating two NIS railway lines, namely Batavia-Buitenzorg and Samarang-Vorstenlanden (Surakarta and Yogyakarta) which had been operated since May 21, 1873.

[1][2] However, NIS had experienced a deficit in capital injection since the operation of the two railway lines that were built.

[1] Although Java was said to be the most advanced island in the Dutch East Indies, access to transportation at that time was still limited because it still used the road mode which was only supported by carts, horse-drawn carriages, and canoes to cross the river.

[2][3] The first railway construction was divided into : The figure who holds the key to the success of the railroad is David Maarschalk, a former officer of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL), who later switched professions to become a railway technician.

Staatsspoorwegen (SS) began to acquire several railroad lines that were previously managed by private companies, here some lists some of the lines that were acquired by them: In developing railways outside Java Island, Staatsspoorwegen formed several divisions for the Sumatra and Sulawesi regions, there are : To celebrate 50 years of this company, Topografische Inrichting released a book entitled Gedenkboek der Staatsspoor en Tramwegen in Nederlandsch-Indie, 1875-1925. compiled from the work of Steven Anne Reitsma who was the mayor of Bandung at the time and the writing of the book began in 1924.