The aim was to transport crops and plantations from the inland area of East Java, especially from Malang, to the Port of Tanjung Perak which also began to be built around that year.

[3] Surabaya Kota Station became the terminal station for the best express trains of its time, starting from the Eendaagsche Express which connected Jakarta with Surabaya in the fastest time of 11 hours 30 minutes in the 1930s,[4] to the Bima night express train which reached the early 1990s brought the sleeper train.

Its existence is threatened by plans to build shopping centers and shopping areas that threaten to destroy the authenticity of the station's landscape, such as the Jakarta Kota Station in Jakarta.

There was even a demolition of the area which ironically involved PT Kereta Api Indonesia.

Passenger trains that use this station are: Source:[7] This Indonesian railroad station-related article is a stub.