Karet Station (KAT) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

located in Kebon Melati,

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. This station lies on the north bank of

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. This station only serves Commuterline trains. This station and Sudirman station are spaced only 0.8 km between each other, making it one of the shortest stretch between any two stations in the network. It only takes one minute to travel between these two stations.

BNI City railway station BNI City station ( id, Stasiun BNI City) is a station for the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link and KAI Commuter service. Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) holds the naming rights for the station, which was known as Sudirman Baru station (English: New ...

, a station that serves

Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link Soekarno–Hatta Airport Railink ( id, Rute KA Bandara Soekarno–Hatta) is an airport rail link service in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia. This airport rail link was built to cut travel time from the Jakarta city center to the airport, as roads con ...

exclusively, is wedged between these two station. Regarding the discourse on closing this station as a result of the operation of the Sudirman Baru Station (BNI City),

KAI Commuter PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (trading as KAI Commuter, abbreviated as KCI or KAIC) is a subsidiary of the Indonesian national railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) which manages commuter rail services. Initially founded as an operator of ...

has denied this discourse. Anne Purba as the VP Corporate Secretary KAI Commuter said that Karet Station is not closed and would still be used to serve KRL users. Related to this, KAI Commuter operates the station to divide traffic density by up to 40%

Services

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

Passenger services

** Cikarang Loop Line (Full Racket) *** to (counter-clockwise via ) *** to (clockwise via and ) ** Cikarang Loop Line (Half Racket), to / (via and ) and

Places of Interest

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*The London School of Public Relations *LaSalle College Jakarta *

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BNI *

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Hotel Jakarta * Popular Theater Teguh Karya Building

References

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