Nambo Station (NMO) is a

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located in Bantar Jati,

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. Together with three other stations located on this line, it was only inaugurated in 1997, which makes it one of the newest station in the network. At the beginning, this line was planned to be incorporated into a larger circular line network, ranging from , via

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to . This plan had to be postponed due to the 1997 economic crisis. To fill the empty route,

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(''Indonesian Railway Company'') operated DMU (''KRD'') Tanah Abang-Nambo line in 2002. This route only lasted until 2006 due to the very old rolling stock and large number of ticketless passengers that caused PT KAI's revenue leakage. In 2012, PT KAI began to reactivate this railway line. This 12.6 km line was also electrified in order to let trains from Jakarta Commuter Line service run from Citayam branch. Since 4 December 2013, PT KAI launched a freight train for cement transportation from Nambo to Kalimas Station in

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. In its development, the train route was then extended to

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. As of 1 April 2015, this station has served the KRL Commuterline for the Nambo-/ route ten times a day.

Building and layout

This station has eight train lines with line 1 being a straight line to the Gunung Putri Station, while to the east of line 2 is a

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as the rail's end point. Line 1 is used for boarding and alighting KRL Commuterline passengers, while lines 2 to 8 are used for the storage of cement transport.

Services

The following is a list of train services at the Nambo Station

Passenger services

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** Bogor Line (Nambo branch), to

Freight

* KAI Logistik ** Coal to ** Indocement to , and

Supporting transportation

Gallery

File:Stasiun Nambo 1.jpg, The main building of the station File:Stasiun Nambo 2.jpg, The

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warehouse File:Stasiun Nambo 3.jpg, The platform of the station to the east File:Papan nama Stasiun Nambo; Juli 2015.jpg, The signage of the station (July 2015)

References

External links

* Bogor Regency Railway stations in West Java Railway stations opened in 1997 Stations of Daop I Jakarta {{Indonesia-railstation-stub