Sawah Besar Station (formerly Sawah Besaar Station) is a

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, located on Jl. Kyai Haji Samanhudi. Altitude this station is 15 meters

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, this station is one of seven elevated stations on

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'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

center, Sawah Besaar Station, unknown date. On 5 June 1992, President

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along with Mrs. Tien and staff in the government inaugurated the elevated track by riding the train from to 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 spent billion rupiah and when it was inaugurated it was not completely finished until finally it could be fully operational a year later.

Services

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

Passenger services

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** Bogor Line, to and ** Bogor Line (Nambo branch), to and

References

External links

* category:central Jakarta Railway stations in Jakarta category:railway stations opened in 1873 {{Indonesia-railstation-stub