The KA Commuter line Tanah Abang–Rangkasbitung or the Rangkasbitung line is a

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter rail systems are con ...

line in Indonesia, operated by PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI). The line connects Tanah Abang station in

Central Jakarta Central Jakarta ( id, Jakarta Pusat) is one of the five administrative cities () which form the Special Capital Region of Jakarta. It had 902,973 inhabitants according to the 2010 censusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and 1,056,896 at the 2 ...

and

Rangkasbitung Rangkasbitung (Sundanese: ) (colloquially called Rangkas) is a town which is the administrative centre of Lebak Regency, in Banten Province of Java, Indonesia. It had a population of 134,945 at the 2020 Census, while the official estimate as at ...

station in Lebak Regency, Banten. On maps and diagrams, the line is shown using the color "green" (). Tanah Abang–Rangkasbitung line is the longest and fourth busiest line in the KA commuter system.

History

The line is part of Tanah Abang–

line, built by the Dutch Public Works Bureau ''(Burgerlijke Openbare Werken/BOW'', now Ministry of Public Works) by decree of the Governor General as stipulated in the State Gazette (Staatsblad) No. 180 dated July 15, 1896. BOW constructed Batavia Zuid– Duri line with branches to

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and

–

Anyer Kidul Anyer, also known as Anjer or Angier, is a coastal town in Banten, formerly West Java, Indonesia, west of Jakarta and south of Merak. A significant coastal town late 18th-century, Anyer faces the Sunda Strait. History The town was a considerab ...

. The line between Tanah Abang and Rangkasbitung was formally opened on 1 October 1899. The track between Tanah Abang and

Serpong Serpong is a district and a sub-district located in South Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia. Before South Tangerang City became an autonomous city, Serpong was one of the sub-districts of Tangerang Regency. Administrative Borders Subdistric ...

was electrified in 1991 and completed in 1992. In 2009, railway track between Serpong and Parungpanjang has been fully electrified. Tanah Abang–Parungpanjang was the original route of Green Line when it began operation in 2011. Green Line was extended to Maja in 2013. Further extension to

is operational by 1 April 2017. And the future extension to

Serang Serang ( id, Kota Serang, , Sundanese: ) is a city and the capital of Banten province and was formerly also the administrative center of Serang Regency in Indonesia (the Regency's capital is now at Baros). The city is located towards the north ...

and Merak in 2021 and elongation platform for 12 cars formation in this 2020. On 2021 Timetable which took effect in February 2021, all trains starting/ending at Maja station were moved to Tigaraksa station, due to more tracks available at Tigaraksa for idle trains.

Stations

The distance table of Commuterline stations.

Incidents and accidents

* 9 December 2013 – A former

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trainset (no. 7121F) travelling as KA 1131 on this line collided with

Pertamina PT Pertamina (Persero), formerly abbreviated from ''Perusahaan Pertambangan Minyak dan Gas Bumi Negara'' (lit. 'State Oil and Natural Gas Mining Company'), is an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas corporation based in Jakarta. It was cr ...

tanker truck at Bintaro Permai railway intersection, Jakarta. Seven people (including the three train drivers) were killed in the crash. The trainset was subsequently written-off

Pre-2011 route and services reform

* 18 November 2003, KRL Holec trainset KL2-94202F running KA 396 (Business) on Tanah Abang-Serpong sector of this line caught fire before reaching Kebayoran station, subsequently destroying two frontmost cars of the train. One passenger was killed in this incident.

References

External links

KRL Jabotabek website

KRL-Mania – KRL Jabotabek community site
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