new committee to conduct the negotiations. For this purpose, the company authorized the engineers AS Carpentier Alting and BW Colenbrander. However, attempts to reach a fruitful consultation failed, largely due to the many Indonesian changes of cabinet that led to them having to deal with a new Secretary of Communications on a regular basis. The New Guinea issue and the anti-Dutch measures taken by Sukarno, including the nationalization of Dutch companies, have finally put an end to the negotiations. This ended the representation of Dutch companies in Indonesia. When diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia returned to normal in 1966, negotiations for compensation continued. The Netherlands then examined the applications, made the allocations and regulated the distribution of the installments. When it finally became known in 1970 which amount had to be paid, it was decided to liquidate the companies united in the VNISTM. The last railway line on Madura was officially shut down in 1987. Vehicles In 1930, the rail vehicles consisted of 33 locomotives, 367 cars and freight cars and 23 buses. From Hartmann there were 20 three-axle 0-6-0 steam locomotives with the serial numbers 2435–2446 from the year of construction 1898 and with the serial numbers 2476–2483 from the year of construction 1899, in the Madoera Stoomtram Maatschappij the numbers C3101-C3120 carried. Two biaxial 0-4-0 Hohenzollern steam locomotives with the serial numbers 1056 and 1057 from the year 1897 ran under the numbers 26 and 27. There were also four steamships, six motor ships, 17 barges and an excavator. The ships were Caroline (I., 1901), Caroline (II., 1902), Resident Bodemeijer (1902), and Elisabeth Caroline (1936). Infrastructure Rail network Overall, the length of the tram network on Madura was initially and in 1939 even . The following tram lines were built and operated by the Madoera Stoomtram Maatschappij: References External links Railway companies of the Netherlands Defunct railway companies of Indonesia Madura Island