What is "ambarawa"

Ambarawa is a market town located between Semarang and Salatiga in Central Java, Indonesia.

Ambarawa was an important connecting rail link providing a cog railway connecting through Central Java as far as Yogyakarta via Magelang. The Semarang-Ambarawa- Magelang line was fully operational until 1977 . It is the site of the Museum Kereta Api Ambarawa ( Ambarawa Railway Museum), which feature rack railway between Ambarawa to Bedono on the former Ambarawa-Magelang mainline. 19th-century Fort Willem I penitentiary complex and military barrack is located in Ambarawa.