Tanjung Priuk Station (TPK), 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 ...

in Tanjung Priok,

Tanjung Priok Tanjung Priok is a district of North Jakarta, Indonesia. It hosts the western part of the city's main harbor, the Port of Tanjung Priok (located in Tanjung Priok District and Koja District). The district of Tanjung Priok is bounded by Laksamana ...

North Jakarta North Jakarta ( id, Jakarta Utara; bew, Jakarte Belilir) is one of the five administrative cities (''kota administrasi'') which form Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia. North Jakarta is not self-governed and does not have a city counci ...

. It is located across the

Tanjung Priok Port A tanjung is a cape, and it is an extremely common geographical name in the Malay world. It may refer to: * George Town, Penang in the Malay language * Tanjung, Tabalong, the capital city of Tabalong Regency, in South Kalimantan province of Indo ...

, which is the main port of

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. This station is one of the oldest in Jakarta and the biggest station built during the

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era. It is included in the list of heritage buildings by the government of Jakarta. Preserved Loko ESS3201 at Tanjung Priuk station

History

The history of Tanjung Priuk station is intertwined with the port of Tanjung Priok, the main port and gateway to

Batavia Batavia may refer to: Historical places * Batavia (region), a land inhabited by the Batavian people during the Roman Empire, today part of the Netherlands * Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East In ...

and thereby of the entire

. The port was built in 1877 in response to the increased maritime traffic accompanying the opening of the

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. Since Tanjung Priok is situated further away from Batavia than the old port of

Sunda Kelapa Sunda Kelapa ( su, , Sunda Kalapa) is the old port of Jakarta located on the estuarine of Ciliwung River. "Sunda Kalapa" (Sundanese language, Sundanese: "Coconut of Sunda") is the original name, and it was the main port of the Sunda Kingdom. The ...

, a railway was constructed linking Tanjung Priok to the city of Batavia in the southwest. This would provide a safe and comfortable means of transportation in the swampy area. The first station opened in 1885 on the

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immediately next to the first harbour. The second and current station was built a kilometer southward in 1914. The

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building was designed by C.W. Koch, head engineer of the Staatsspoorwegen (SS). 1700 workers, including 130 Europeans, were tasked with constructing the station and the station was completed on 6 April 1925. The station ceased to operate passenger trains between 2000 and 2009, during which the station was used for shunting freight trains. The station was renovated and reopened for passenger services on 28 April 2009.

Services

So far only a few long distance economy class trains depart/terminate at this station. Starting from 1 November 2014, Tanjung Priuk Station only serves freight trains heading from/to

. All passenger trains that used to terminate here were rerouted to Pasar Senen. On 21 December 2015, the pink line to

Jakarta Kota railway station Jakarta Kota Station (, station code: JAKK) is a railway station, located in the old city core of Kota, Jakarta, Indonesia. The station was named ''Batavia Zuid'' (or ''South Batavia'') until the beginning of the 20th century. The station was a ...

was reopened, after being inactive for years.

Public transport

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 ...

Corridor 10 * TransJakarta Corridor 12

References

External links

* {{Train Stations in Indonesia, Jakarta North Jakarta Railway stations in Jakarta Railway stations opened in 1885 Colonial architecture in Jakarta Art Deco railway stations