Gambir Train Station ( id, Stasiun Gambir, station code: GMR) is a major
railway station
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Central Jakarta
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Jakarta
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. The station is located on the eastern side of Merdeka Square. It was built during the Dutch East Indian era and renovated in the 1990s.
Currently Gambir Station serves as a terminus for most intercity trains operating across Java Island. One of Jakarta's main commuter lines, the
KRL Commuterline
KRL Commuterline, or commonly known as Commuterline, is a commuter rail system for Greater Jakarta in Indonesia. It was previously known as KRL Jabodetabek. It is operated by PT KAI Commuter Indonesia (KAI Commuter/KCI), a subsidiary of the In ...
Bogor Line (to Bogor) pass through this station, but do not stop here. There are however, plans to reactivate the station as a stop for commuter, due to high volume of passenger that board and exiting from Gambir's neighboring-commuter only stations ( and station). Originally, only executive and business class trains use Gambir Station, while all economy class trains and some executive and business class trains use
Pasar Senen railway station
Pasar Senen Station is a railway station located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the second largest railway station in Jakarta after Gambir Station. It is located close to Pasar Senen market area in Senen, Senen, Central Jakarta.
Pasar Senen only se ...
instead. Since ca. 2016, the norm has changed when KAI introduced new types of economy class coaches in higher class trains e.g.
Argo Parahyangan
Argo Parahyangan, also commonly known as GOPAR is an executive class train operated by Indonesian Railway Company (PT Kereta Api Indonesia) between Gambir railway station, Jakarta and Bandung or Kiaracondong in Java, Indonesia. The train covers 16 ...
, in line with plans to gradually abolish business class trains.
History
On 16 September 1871, the Netherlands Indies Railway Company opened its first railway service in Batavia. At its opening, the line stretched from near the old Sunda Kelapa port and south to what is now Gambir area. For Gambir, a small railway
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(''halte Koningsplein'') was situated on the southeast border of the
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. This stop was the southernmost stop of Batavia until 1873, when the line was extended to Meester Cornelis and
Buitenzorg
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In 1928 this station was renovated in
Art Deco
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style. In 1937 the name Weltevreden station was changed to ''Batavia Koningsplein'' Station and after Indonesian independence the name was changed to Jakarta Gambir Station. In 1992, the station was renovated into the current joglo architectural style with a lime-green ceramic facade.
Building and facilities
Gambir Station's building consists of three floors. Local tenants, restaurants, minimarkets and ticket counters are on the first floor. A ticket checking post was added after a train boarding system was implemented. The second floor contains a waiting area, food tenants, cafes, and shops. The third floor is the departure/arrival area, with two
island platform
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s serving four train tracks.
Gambir Station also has an ATM Center, toilets, public telephones, and elevators serving all floors at the station. There is a taxi pool at the east of the station.
Services
The following is a list of train services at the Gambir Station
Intercity
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Argo Bromo Anggrek
''Argo Bromo Anggrek'' is the name of executive and luxury train jointly operated by Kereta Api Indonesia between Surabaya and Jakarta in Indonesia. The train covers in 8.5 hours along Java's north coast, stopping at Bojonegoro, Semarang Tawan ...
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Argo Parahyangan
Argo Parahyangan, also commonly known as GOPAR is an executive class train operated by Indonesian Railway Company (PT Kereta Api Indonesia) between Gambir railway station, Jakarta and Bandung or Kiaracondong in Java, Indonesia. The train covers 16 ...
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Purwojaya
''Purwojaya'' is an executive passenger train operated by PT Kereta Api Indonesia for use between Cilacap and Jakarta's Gambir station. It is the only train running the route.
Timetable
Timetable as of February 2021.
See also
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KRL Commuterline
The Bogor Line passes through but skips the station since 2013, due to the station's busy intercity schedule. Commuter train passengers must use either or station and then other
modes of transport
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to reach Gambir station. However, the station will be converted to a Commuterline-only station as intercity trains are planned to terminate at
Manggarai
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Many local modes of transport service Gambir Station, including: buses, minibuses, taxis, bajaj and
TransJakarta
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. All transportation line noted is no more than 500 meter from the station.
TransJakarta
There are two main
TransJakarta
TransJakarta (stylised as transjakarta, often erroneously called Busway) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Jakarta, Indonesia. The first BRT system in Southeast Asia, it commenced operations on 15 January 2004 to provide a fast public trans ...
shelters near Gambir Station, which are Gambir 1 and Gambir 2. Aside from that, there are a number of feeder stops near the station.
Gambir 1 serve routes:
* Corridor 2 towards Harmoni
* Corridor 2A towards Rawa Buaya
* Corridor 2C towards JI Expo*
* Corridor 2D towards Kalideres
* Corridor 6H towards Senen**
* Corridor 7F towards Harmoni
Gambir 2 serve routes:
* Corridor 2 towards Pulogadung
* Corridor 2A towards Pulogadung
* Corridor 2C towards JI Expo*
* Corridor 2D towards ASMI
* Corridor 7F towards Kampung Rambutan
(*) Corridor 2C is operated only during events are being held at JI Expo.
(**) Corridor 6H towards Senen is not served by Minitrans, as it has no left high floor BRT door.
Feeder routes near the station:
* Corridor 1P (Senen - Bundaran Senayan) both direction
* Corridor 1R (Senen - Tanah Abang) towards Tanah Abang
* Corridor 2P (Gondangdia - Senen) towards Senen
* Corridor 2Q (Gondangdia - Balaikota)
* Corridor 5M (Kampung Melayu - Tanah Abang via Cikini) towards Tanah Abang
* Corridor 6H (Senen - Lebak Bulus) both direction
Regular Bus
*AJA.P P106 (
Senen
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- Cimone)
*DSU P157 (
Senen
Senen is a long-established urban district of Jakarta, Indonesia that has kept many tourist attractions such as two museums, the National Library of Indonesia and Gelanggang Remaja Senen, a quite narrow alley with old Chinese and similar style ...
Senen
Senen is a long-established urban district of Jakarta, Indonesia that has kept many tourist attractions such as two museums, the National Library of Indonesia and Gelanggang Remaja Senen, a quite narrow alley with old Chinese and similar style ...
- Setiabudi)
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Kopaja
Koperasi Angkutan Jakarta or Kopaja (Jakarta Transport Cooperative) is a cooperative established in 1971 to provide public transport services in Jakarta. There were reportedly over 1,400 minibuses in the Kopaja fleet in mid-2012, more than half ...
P20 (
Senen
Senen is a long-established urban district of Jakarta, Indonesia that has kept many tourist attractions such as two museums, the National Library of Indonesia and Gelanggang Remaja Senen, a quite narrow alley with old Chinese and similar style ...
- Lebak Bulus)
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Kopaja
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