While flying through the gulf Listen Sasaksaat Tunnel Mystery Story

THE DRIVE entourage Heritage Trip Jakarta-Bandung, which was held PT Kereta Api (Persero) - PT KA (Persero) - not only buildings in the city of Bandung to enjoy. Along the way from Jakarta to Bandung, the scene was an old building can be seen, such as Cikampek Transmission Station, Station Lemahabang, Cikampek, and Karachi, which was built since 1894.

"What I've learned from the lessons of history, in Lemahabang, Karawang, and so the location Cikampek protection after the places where fighters were captured by Indonesia from the Netherlands. The line was also important at that time until now because of the logistics for food transport lines and the war. Now even so the path to transport coal to a number of industries in Karawang, Bekasi, and Cikampek, "said Shirley, one of pehobi heritage, who took part in the trip.

Jakarta-Bandung route to rail along the 151 km, taken over three hours. Loss if along the way you pass the scene. Call it a beautiful natural landscape when it entered the area Cikampek, Karawang, and Bandung, the green paddy field really refreshing eye.

During the trip this route, try an occasional look at least three steel bridges are in Ciganea, Cisomang, and Tjikubang. Passengers may be surprised because the train-bridge jambatan with four main pillars made of solid steel still standing when this is the rest of the work of Dutch experts who built the line in the 19th century, in 1869. Only small parts of the bridge that still need improvement, such as partial or liaison between the main steel frame.

Trains using this bridge was built by the railway company's famous Dutch government called Staatspoorweg Maatschappij (SS) - Railway Bureau in the Dutch East Indies. Actually, the whole bridge was built by the SS along the Jakarta-Bandung, Sukabumi cross Cikampek and, reaching 400 units. However, the most amazing there are only three. Because the bridge was built over a yawning chasm in height and 72 m in length respectively reached 300 m.

Line train on the gulf is a wonderful part because of the train, your body feels like flying. "Yes, it's because this train along the line at his side was not fitted fences. So, from the train window can instantly see the actual condition of the abyss. Indah, because there are paddy field and river," said Head Objects Conservation Center and Historic Assets of PT KA, Ella Ubaidi. Keep in mind, to feel pleasure like flying when the train crossed the bridge over the ravine, enough of the train alone. Do not try to see by opening the car door, the wind at the altitude pretty fast to make the body vibrate. Moreover, if the passenger had a problem at altitude, so giddy and could be even fall. So just enjoy the view from within the existing railway.

Tunnel Sasaksaat
Railways Jakarta-Bandung, cross Cikampek and Karawang, it has one spot so much talk. This location was mentioned save mystical and mystery stories. There are various versions of stories about the location.

The name of this place is Tunnel Sasaksaat is between Purwakarta and Padalarang. Tunnel cave that was once called by residents Cipicung Village, Village Sumurbandung, Bandung regency, this leads to the mystique because every August 17, is always given the offering of a lamb. According to the beliefs of the population, it tumbal offerings to refuse reinforcements.

What latarbelakangnya? From the story and the story went, the tunnel 950 m long with a thick wall of a fortress war was already eating a lot of casualties. But not because the train accident, but the workers who built the tunnel between the years 1902-1903. Many workers are killed because of work could not bear the torture and forced labor are also many who are sick. It is said that their bodies were buried around the tunnel.

"I've heard stories from people around the tunnel, had occasionally sounded like someone moaning in pain or sound like a clash of stone and a hoe to the ground. The voice was reportedly not only happen at night, but also during the day. Perhaps that is considered as a mystical thing and mystery. But, there are many other stories, there was a train that had stalled and there is a train that Dutch soldiers were attacked with Indonesian fighters, all of them dead. The story, Indonesian fighters Dutch soldiers trapped in the tunnel because the tunnel concrete wall can not be destroyed by a bomb, "said Taufik, participants travel to the birth of Bandung.

However, behind all the horror of the story mystical and mystery that is, the tunnel was still a part of history that should be maintained for future generations. Although the mystical, the tunnel was built with high precision, because of the difficulty of land in the hills area. There are at least a count of the slope and bend 16-25 degrees, there is also a slight rise, so this concrete tunnel could be built in the form of the hills in the area. So, just do not see the mystical, but note also that in a period of more than 100 years ago, the Dutch have built a sophisticated way.

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