Jakarta Kota Station (, station code: JAKK) is a

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, located in the old city core of

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. The station was named ''Batavia Zuid'' (or ''South Batavia'') until the beginning of the 20th century. The station was also popularly known as the Beos Station as an abbreviation of the station's former owner ''Bataviasche Oosterspoorweg Maatschapij'' (BOS). Jakarta Kota Station serves as a main station, along with Gambir Station, Jatinegara Station, and Pasar Senen Station, for several intercity train lines across

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island. This station also serves two of the five

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train lines, which operate in the

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History

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The first station was built in 1887 by the BOS, a private railway company. The station was named ''Batavia Zuid'' (''South Batavia'') to distinguish it from the older ''Batavia Noord'' (''North Batavia'') station (owned by the

Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij The ''Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij'' (Dutch East Indies Railway Company), abbreviated NIS, was the railway company in charge of rail transport in Java, Dutch East Indies. The company's headquarters were in Semarang. The railway ...

, another private railway company), which was situated a small distance to the north, directly behind the former city hall. The public railway company Staatsspoorwegen acquired both the southern and northern station in 1898 and 1913 respectively. The southern BOS station was closed in 1923, and was rebuilt between 1926 and 1929, during which all rail services were temporarily taken over by the ''Batavia North'' station. The station building was designed in 1927-1928 by the architects Asselbergs, Ghijsels and Hes from the architectural company ''Algemeen Ingenieurs-en Architectenbureau'' (AIA) in Batavia. During construction in 1928-1929 concrete from the ''Hollandsche Beton Maatschappij'' ("Dutch Concrete Company") was used. The main building was designed with 12

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s, designated to connect Batavia with

Buitenzorg Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.Tandjoeng Priok, and the port of Merak near the Sunda Strait with a ferry connecting Western Java with Southern Sumatra. The new and current building was officially opened on 8 October 1929 with a private ceremony by the company staff. All rail services to the old city were then reassigned to the new southern station, while the remaining northern station was demolished. The new station was nicknamed BEOS after the previous station owners, the BOS. Officially named ''station Batavia Stad'' ("Batavia City station"), it is located at the ''Stationsplein'' ("Station square") in ''Batavia Benedenstad'' ("Downtown Batavia"), nowadays ''Jalan Stasiun Kota Barat''. The station was appointed a historical and cultural landmark status in 1993.

Building

The design of the station by the Dutch architect Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels (born 8 September 1882) is a combination of Western

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and local architecture styles. Jakarta Kota Station is a two-storey station surrounded by streets on three sides with one main entrance and two side entrances. The main entrance and hall are characterized by a barrel vault roof with openings horizontally composed with the top dominated by vertical units (lunettes). The inside wall of the hall is finished with rough-textured brown ceramic and the outside wall at the bottom of the whole building was covered with green-yellowish plaster. The station floor uses yellow

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and grey wood, and for the platform floor yellow waffle teakwood is used. Jakarta Kota Station has six platforms serving 12 tracks. The platforms are sheltered by canopies supported by steel columns.

Services

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

Passenger services

Kereta Api Indonesia

* ''Kutojaya Utara'' to * ''Menoreh'' to

KAI Commuter

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

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