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Tanah Abang Station (THB) 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 ...
located in Kampung Bali, Tanah Abang. This station located to the east of
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. The station and the canal are only separated by a small, narrow embankment and as such, Tanah Abang station is prone to flooding, especially during the heavy rain season. Tanah Abang station serves as the terminus for
KA Commuter line Tanah Abang–Rangkasbitung The KA Commuter line Tanah Abang–Rangkasbitung or the Rangkasbitung line is a commuter rail line in Indonesia, operated by PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia (KCI). The line connects Tanah Abang station in Central Jakarta and Rangkasbitung station ...
. It used to serve some
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services, but after the opening of
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, all local train services towards Merak use Rangkasbitung station as their terminus, therefore local train services do not stop in Tanah Abang station anymore. This station, alongside
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, serves as transfer stations for the only train services towards
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and
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respectively. As commuters from these two satellite cities need to change train here before going to other places in
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, these two stations tend to be crowded especially in rush hour. Tanah Abang locomotive depot was located north of the station. It was demolished in 2023 to make way for the station's enlargement project. The demolition work was started on 25 December 2022. After demolition, two derelict locomotives of BB304 class and BB306 class each and two freight cars remains at the site. They were scrapped on 13 March 2023. The physical construction of the station's enlargement was started on 30 April 2023.


History


1899-1997

The history of Tanah Abang station was date back from 1899 railway line Jakarta–Anyer Kidul. The first segment, Jakarta–Tanah Abang–Rangkasbetung (currently
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 ...
) was opened on 1 October 1899 according to State Railway Company of the Dutch East Indies' 1921, 1925 and 1932 Annual Report.


1997-present

The original station building has been demolished and replaced with the present two-story building, which is equipped with a passenger crossing bridge and
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. This building was inaugurated on 3 June 1997 by the then Minister of Transportation,
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. This new building was made to accommodate
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passengers, which at that time were already operating on the Tanah Abang–Serpong route. On late December 2022, the
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revealed the plan for Tanah Abang Station extension. It is planned that the new Tanah Abang Station building will be built on a 4 hectares site located 500 m from the existing building, namely the Tanah Abang Locomotive Depot. The extension plan was carried out due to Tanah Abang Station has become one of the busiest stations on the
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system (with 48,000 daily ridership and 150,000 transit passangers) and the capacity needed to be extended. The construction of the new Tanah Abang station was started with the demolition of the locomotive depot that will become the site for the new station building. After the depot demolition completed, on 30 April 2023, the physical construction of the new station building was started marked with the groundbreaking ceremony attended by the Minister of Transportation
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, Acting Governor of
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Heru Budi Hartono, and the President Director of Kereta Api Indonesia Didiek Hartantyo. It is expected that the capacity will be extended from 100.000 to 300.000 daily passengers. It is also couted that the first phase of the station's extension and developments will cost IDR 380.93 billion. The surrounding area of the station will be redeveloped into an integrated transit-oriented development.


Building and layout

Tanah Abang Station originally had five railway lines. Line 2 is a straight double track heading to Duri- Kampung Bandan, line 3 is a straight double track track going to Sudirman-
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, and line 5 is a single straight track going to
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 ...
- Merak. After the construction of a double track on the Tanah Abang-Serpong segment on 4 July 2007, the layout of the station was overhauled so that the number of lines increased to six with line 5 being a double track straight from Rangkasbitung-Merak and line 6 being a straight line in the direction of Rangkasbitung-Merak. This station is also equipped with a locomotive depot which is located to the northeast of the station and is directly connected to line 1. Over time, this station also continues to grow, with a new entrance and exit building located close to the Tanah Abang Locomotive Depot. The new entrance and exit building is also equipped with various new facilities, such as various shops. The entrance and exit of this station have been integrated with the pedestrian bridge which faces Jalan Jatibaru Bengkel, as well as the skybridge that connects Tanah Abang Station with Tanah Abang Market. In order to create a new public transportation intermodal integration, on May-June 2020, the north entrance of the station was overhauled with modern design to create a new plaza for supporting transportation intermodal shelters. In addition to serving KRL and Locomotive Railroads, Tanah Abang Station is also used as a parking lot for the Jayakarta series, a long series of passenger trains consisting of 15 trains in one series, which previously was a parking lot for the Gumarang series and now this series has been moved to Tanjung Priuk Station. Priuk since the Jayakarta series came to Tanah Abang Station to change the parking space that was previously at Tanjung Priuk Station. Starting in July 2022, the parking lot for the long-distance and long-distance trains (Jayakarta) was at Tanah Abang Station and now the long-distance and long-distance trains have been moved to the Cipinang Train Depot (CPN) to make it easier to send the trains to Pasar Senen Station. Starting on 25 December 2022 all locomotives, EMU Helpers, and Inspection Trains (KAIS) at the Tanah Abang Locomotive Depot (which is located 500 m from the station) were moved to the Cipinang Locomotive Depot, and it is planned that the Tanah Abang Locomotive Depot here will be the New Tanah Abang Station. Indeed, it has been a long time since the Jakarta Provincial Government, the Ministry of Transportation, and PT KAI have planned to build a new Tanah Abang Station building, carrying the concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD). Apart from the station, apartments will also be built like those at Tanjung Barat Station and Pondok Cina Station. The new station building construction was started on 30 April 2023.


Services


Passenger services

* KAI Commuter ** Cikarang Loop Line (Full Racket) *** to (counter-clockwise via ) *** to (clockwise via and ) ** Cikarang Loop Line (Half Racket), to / (via ) and ** Rangkasbitung Line, to , , , and


Defunct services

* Loop Line, to , , (Replaced by Cikarang Loop Line) * Kalimaya intercity (Merak-Tanah Abang) closed 1 April 2017 * Patas Merak intercity (Merak-Angke via Tanah Abang) closed 1 April 2017 * Rangkas Jaya intercity (Tanah Abang-Rangkasbitung) closed 1 April 2017 * Krakatau intercity (Merak-Kediri via Tanah Abang) closed 17 July 2017. The service now only serves Pasar Senen-Blitar route and renamed Singosari


Supporting transportation

The north entrance of Tanah Abang station was overhauled on May-June 2020 to create a new plaza for integrating the station with supporting transportation modes such as
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, mikrolet, and
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(''bajaj'').


Places of interest

* Textile Museum (Jakarta) *Tanah Abang Market


Incidents

* On 2 February 2007, there was a
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that inundated Tanah Abang Station. As a result, the KRL Commuterline's travel route was disrupted. * On 10 February 2007 at 08:47, economy-class train numbered 906 with the route Tanah Abang–
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 ...
was dropped when the train was about to depart from Tanah Abang Station. The incident happened because the train signaling system was not functioning properly due to the massive floods that hit Jakarta a few weeks earlier. * On 31 October 2008 at 09:55, 3 coal train cars with the number Gapeka 2012 derailed at Tanah Abang Station. This incident was most likely caused by the driver's negligence when braking the train on the switch. * On 17 January 2013, the Tanah Abang station was totaly paralysed by a massive flood that hits Jakarta. As the result, KRL Commuterline services were disrupted.


Gallery

File:Tanah Abang railway station entrance.jpg, The Tanah Abang station entrance from the Tanah Abang skybridge File:Tanah Abang railway station fare gates.jpg, The fare gates of the station File:Stasiun Tanahabang 2020.jpg, The emplacement of the station (2020) File:Passenger Information System Tanah Abang Station.jpg, Passenger Information System on the platform canopy


References


External links

* {{Train Stations in Indonesia, Jakarta Central Jakarta Railway stations in Jakarta Railway stations opened in 1899 1899 establishments in the Dutch Empire 1899 establishments in Asia