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Sawah Besar railway station

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Sawah Besar Station

Stasiun Sawah Besar
Sawah Besar Station
General information
LocationJl. Kyai Haji Samanhudi, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta
Jakarta
Indonesia
Coordinates6°09′38″S 106°49′40″E / 6.160667°S 106.827639°E / -6.160667; 106.827639
Elevation+15 m (49 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated byKAI Commuter
Line(s)
Platforms2 (side platforms)
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleAvailable
Other information
Station codeSW[1]
History
Opened15 September 1871 (15 September 1871) (NIS)[2]
Opening05 June 1992 (05 June 1992) [3]
Electrified06 April 1925 (06 April 1925) [3]
Previous namesSawah Besaar Station
Services
Preceding station Following station
Mangga Besar
towards Jakarta Kota
 Bogor Line Juanda
towards Bogor
Bogor Line
Nambo branch
 Juanda
towards Nambo
Location
Sawah Besar Station is located in Jakarta
Sawah Besar Station
Sawah Besar Station
Location in Jakarta

Sawah Besar Station (formerly Sawah Besaar Station) is a railway station, located on Jl. Kyai Haji Samanhudi. Altitude this station is 15 meters amsl, this station is one of seven elevated stations on Jakarta railway's Jakarta Kota–Manggarai segment, and is named after the Jakarta subdistrict with the same name. Pasar Baru market is within walking distance from this station.

History

Sawah Besaar Station, unknown date.

Sawah Besar Station is one of the oldest railway stations in Batavia, located on the Batavia–Weltevreden section of the Batavia–Buitenzorg railway line which was inaugurated by the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) on 15 September 1871. Initially, this station was a simple train stop. which was named Sawah Besaar and changed its name to Sawah Besar in the late 1890s.[4][5]

On 5 June 1992,[3] President Suharto along with Mrs. Tien and staff in the government inaugurated the elevated track by riding the train from Gambir to Jakarta Kota station. The building of Sawah Besar Station is modern with touches of pink and white panels, which to this day are still preserved and have not been repainted. It is known, the project which was started in February 1988[3] spent Rp 432,5 billion[citation needed] and when it was inaugurated it was not completely finished until finally it could be fully operational a year later.[6][7][8]

Building and layout

The Sawah Besar Station building is modern with a touch of lilac colored panels which are still maintained to this day and have never been painted, only the pillars of the platform have now been painted pale pink.  It is known that the project, which began in February 1988, spent Rp. 432.5 billion and was not fully completed when it was inaugurated, so that it was fully operational a year later.[1][8]

This station has only two railway lines.

Platform floor Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side
Line 1 ← (Mangga Besar) Bogor Line to Jakarta Kota
Line 2 Bogor Line to Bogor (Juanda) →
Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side

Services

The following is a list of train services at the Sawah Besar Station.

Passenger services

Supporting transportation

Type Route Destinatiom
Mikrotrans Jak Lingko JAK-10 Jakarta Kota–Tanah Abang
Mikrolet[9] M12 Senen–Jakarta Kota

References

  1. ^ a b "Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Heritage - Kereta Api Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Awal Mula Jalur Layang Kereta di Indonesia - Historia" (in Indonesian). Hendaru Tri Hanggoro. 19 April 2019.
  4. ^ Lohanda, Mona. (2007). Sejarah para pembesar mengatur Batavia (Cet. 1 ed.). Depok: Masup Jakarta. ISBN 978-979-25-7295-7. OCLC 225750927.
  5. ^ Burgerlijke Openbare Werken (1896). Statistiek van het vervoer op de spoorwegen en tramwegen met machinale beweegkracht in Nederlandsch-Indië. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij.
  6. ^ Rudi, Alsadad (30 August 2013). "Setelah 22 Tahun, Proyek Jalur Layang Kereta Jakarta Dilanjutkan". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. ^ Kayang, U. (2019). Keping-keping Kota. Bantul: Basabasi. p. 92.
  8. ^ a b "Kereta Layang: Melayang di Atas Jalur Kumuh". Majalah Tempo. 22: 32. 1992.
  9. ^ "Daftar Trayek Angkutan Umum DKI Jakarta". Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawah_Besar_railway_station