Gambir railway station

Gambir Station

Stasiun Gambir
Kereta Api Indonesia
Inter-city rail station
Panoramic view of Gambir railway station's entrance.
General information
LocationJl. Medan Merdeka Timur No. 1, Gambir, Gambir, Central Jakarta
Jakarta
Indonesia
Coordinates6°10′36″S 106°49′50″E / 6.176716°S 106.830508°E / -6.176716; 106.830508
Elevation+16 m (52 ft)
Owned byKereta Api Indonesia
Operated byKereta Api Indonesia
PlatformsDouble island platforms
Tracks4
ConnectionsList of Transjakarta corridors#Corridor 2 Gambir
List of Transjakarta corridors#Corridor 2 List of Transjakarta corridors#Cross-corridor routes Gambir 2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking Available
Accessible Available
Other information
Station codeGMR • 0430[1]
ClassificationLarge type A[1]
History
Opened15 September 1871; 153 years ago (1871-09-15)
Rebuilt1992
Previous namesKoningsplein Halt
Weltevreden Station
Original companyDutch East Indies Railway Company
Services
Southern Java Lines: Argo Parahyangan (regular & additional) and Pangandaran.
Central Java Lines: Purwojaya, Taksaka Hype Trip, Argo Lawu, Argo Dwipangga, Manahan, Argo Semeru, Bima and Gajayana.
Northern Java Lines: Argo Cheribon (regular & facultative), Argo Sindoro, Argo Muria, Argo Merbabu, Argo Bromo Anggrek, Sembrani, Brawijaya and Pandalungan.
Preceding station Following station
     Bogor Line does not stop here
Route map
to Juanda
to Gondangdia
Location
Gambir Station is located in Jakarta
Gambir Station
Gambir Station
Location in Jakarta

Gambir Station (Indonesian: Stasiun Gambir, station code: GMR) is a major railway station in Gambir, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. The station is located on the eastern side of Merdeka Square and the western side of the Pramuka Movement headquarters and Immanuel Church. It is operated by the KAI.

During the Dutch East Indies era, the station's name was Weltevreden Station, which later changed its name to Batavia Koningsplein Station after repairs were made in the 1930s. In the 1950s, its name was changed again to its current name, and major repairs were carried out to become an elevated station from 1988 to 1992.

Currently, Gambir Station serves as a terminus for most intercity trains operating across Java Island. One of Jakarta's main commuter lines, the KRL Commuterline Bogor Line (to Bogor) passes through this station but has not stopped here since 2012.[2] There are however, plans to reactivate the station as a stop for the commuters, due to the high volume of passengers that board and exit from Gambir's neighboring-commuter-only stations (Gondangdia and Juanda station). Originally, only executive and business class trains used Gambir Station, while all economy class trains and some executive and business class trains used Pasar Senen railway station instead. Since ca. 2016, the norm has changed when KAI introduced new types of economy class coaches in higher class trains e.g. Argo Parahyangan, in line with plans to gradually abolish business class trains.[3]

  1. ^ a b Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014 (PDF) (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Directorate General of Railways. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2023. Ministry of Transportation
  2. ^ "KRL tak Berhenti di Gambir dan Pasar Senen | Republika Online". Republika Online. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ Fasubkhanali (17 October 2016). "KAI Ubah Susunan Sejumlah Rangkaian Kereta Api". KAORI Nusantara (in Indonesian). Retrieved 29 July 2021.