The Madoera Stoomtram Maatschappij (MdrSM, Dutch for Madurian Steam Tram Company) on Madura Island today's Indonesian province of Jawa Timur (East Java) was one of the railway companies in the Dutch East Indies. The company had its headquarters in The Hague and was licensed in 1896. In 1901 it put the first steam trams in operation to connect the western with the eastern end of the island. The tramway is now defunct. All of MdrSM assets are currently owned by Madurian Asset Management of the Indonesian Railways Co. (Kereta Api Indonesia), 8th Operational Region of Surabaya. History Founding and start-up From 1884, while the Dutch were establishing direct control over Madura (Madoera Residency), serious plans were made for the construction of trams. A number of concession applications for a tram were not granted by the government, because the applicants could not meet the concession conditions. On 26 September 1896, the former administrator of the Netherlands-Indian Spoorweg Maatschappij, EM Collard, published a petition in which he requested a concession for the construction and operation of a steam tram on Madura, from Kamal via Bangkalan, Sampang, Pamekasan and Soemenep to the port of Kalianget. The concession was granted by Government Resolution No. 10 of 18 November 1896. Permission for the establishment of the Madoera Stoomtram Maatschappij was then given by Royal Decree No. 48.1 of 19 July 1897. The deposit of the guarantee capital in the Netherlands secured the construction of the route. In 1897 Madoera Stoomtram Maatschappij was founded to carry out the construction and operation of a steam train at the Madoera Residence from Kamal via Bangkalan, Sampang, Pamekasan and Soemenep to Kaliang and to construct other trams on Madura or elsewhere in the Dutch East Indies, or to operate, to exploit, to establish, to take over and to operate ships and other means of transport and equipment, or to participate in companies for that purpose." The line was built and put into operation from 1898 to 1901 as follows: Kamal-Bangkalan (1898), Bangkalan-Tunjung (1899), Tunjung-Kwanyar (1900), Tanjung-Kapedi (1900), Kapedi-Tambangan (1900), Tambangan-Kalianget (1899), Kwanyar-Blega (1901), Tanjung-Sampang (1901) and Sampang-Blega (1901). The company received a director from Amsterdam who was responsible for day-to-day management. He was appointed by the Annual General Meeting and supervised by members of the Board of Directors. On Madura, a steward who was responsible for the management and actual use of the railway was used. He officially had