1 ABSTRACT The Java Land has been developed into a big plantation area, especially a sugar cane and coffee plantation. Those plantation was carried out since the seventeenth century by VOC , and then it is developed rapidly in nineteenth century, especially in the cultivation system period. The development of plantation company needs supporting vehicles and facilities. As a result of this, there are a development of land transportation, especially a train since the middle of the nineteenth century and the water transportation includes a big ships which enliven some harbours in Java, such as Semarang, Jakarta, Cirebon and Surabaya. Keywords: agroindustry, transportation net- work, Dutch colonization ABSTRAK Tanah Jawa pernah berkembang menjadi wilayah perkebunan yang besar, terutama perkebunan tebu dan kopi. Usaha perkebunan itu mulai dil- akukan sejak abad ke-17 oleh VOC, dan berkem- bang pesat pada abad ke-19, terutama sejak masa Tanam Paksa. Perkembangan perusahaan perke- bunan memerlukan sarana pendukung trans- portasi. Akibatnya berkembanglah transportasi darat, terutama kereta api sejak pertengahan abad ke -19 dan transportasi laut berupa kapal- kapal besar yang meramaikan sejumlah pelabuhan laut di Jawa, seperti Semarang, Jakar- ta, Cirebon, dan Surabaya. Kata kunci: agroindustry, jaringan transportasi, kolonial Belanda THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGROINDUSTRY AND TRANSPORTATIONAL NETWORK IN THE CENTRAL JAVA DURING DUTCH COLONIZATION Endah Sri Hartatik Pogram Doktor Ilmu-Ilmu Humaniora, FIB Universitas Gadjah Mada endah_sri67@yahoo.com INTRODUCTION Economic activity theoretically is divided into three sections of activity, namely production, distribution, and consumption. The three economy sec- tions are associated each other. In the first level of the subsistence society, the three economic activities only happen both in a community and among this community. However, for the more ad- vanced society, the three sections of eco- nomic activity are carried out by the dif- ferent social groups, in different com- munities, and in the adequate space. In the such condition, the position of trans- portation becomes very important con- necting the producer with the consumer. In short, the distribution of products requires an adequate transportation. In Java island in particular and Indonesia (nusantara) in general, the re- lation between transportation (routes and modes of transportation) and the producer and the consumer have chang- es. In classic period until the XVII centu- ry, the main route of transportation used river as the main aspect that connecting one region to other regions. The hinter- land river net was then closely related (network) with the harbor cities located in coastal areas. From the harbor cities, then the river net was connected with the marine network and also connected with the other islands (inter insular), and also international (Hall, 1985: 13- Paramita Vol. 24 No. 1 - Januari 2014 [ISSN: 0854-0039] Hlm. 1—16