ASEAN Station (formerly Sisingamangaraja Station) is a

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on the North-South Line of the

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. Located on Jl. Sisingamangaraja XII in

Kebayoran Baru Kebayoran Baru is a district ( id, kecamatan) of South Jakarta, Indonesia. The name of the district was derived from an area which was developed in the post-war period as a new suburb town of Jakarta, Kebayoran Baru. Kebayoran Baru was the last re ...

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, it is the last elevated station (when heading north towards ) on the MRT. It is located between and stations, and has the station code SSM. It is connected to the

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at the

CSW-ASEAN TOD CSW-ASEAN TOD is a transit-oriented development between several TransJakarta, Transjakarta Bus rapid transit, BRT Stations and the ASEAN MRT station on the old ''Centrale Stichting Wederopbouw'' or CSW (''Central Foundation for Reconstruction'') ...

Location

The northernmost elevated station on the MRT, ASEAN station is located on Jl.

Sisingamangaraja XII Patuan Bosar Sinambela ''ginoar'' Ompu Pulo Batu, better known as Si Singamangaraja XII (184917 June 1907), was the last priest-king of the Batak peoples of north Sumatra. In the course of fighting a lengthy guerrilla war against the Dutch colon ...

in Selong,

, South Jakarta. Nearby the station are Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) secretariat,

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headquarters,

Al-Azhar Great Mosque Al-Azhar Great Mosque ( id, Masjid Agung Al-Azhar) is a mosque located in Jalan Sisingamangaraja, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta. The mosque was constructed between 1953 and 1958. It was originally known simply as ''Mesjid Agung'' (Great Mosque). It wa ...

and Al-Azhar Indonesia University campus as well as government buildings such as campuses of Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning (National Land Agency) and Ministry of Public Works and People's Housing.

History

The station was originally named Sisingamangaraja Station (hence the station code), from the street is the station located. The name then changed to ASEAN Station due to its close location to the ASEAN Secretariat. Its name change is originally a part of MRT station

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, but Jakarta MRT gave the naming rights of the station to ASEAN free of charge. ASEAN station was officially opened, along with the rest of Phase 1 of the Jakarta MRT on . The connection to the

at the

was opened in December 2021.

Building plan

Gallery

File:ASEAN MRT Station southern side.jpg, The MRT station seen from the CSW intersection, 2020 File:Jakarta MRT train departing from ASEAN MRT Station.jpg, The platform of the MRT station at night, 2019 File:Jakarta MRT trains.webm, Two MRT trains at the platform, 2019

References

External links

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ASEAN Station on the Jakarta MRT website
{{Indonesia-railstation-stub South Jakarta Jakarta MRT stations Railway stations opened in 2019