Jatinegara railway station

Jatinegara Station is a railway station in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, Indonesia. The station is the main entrance to Jakarta from cities east of Jakarta. Jatinegara station is operated by Kereta Api Indonesia.

Jatinegara Station Stasiun Jatinegara
The front facade of the Jatinegara Station
Location	Jatinegara, East Jakarta Indonesia
Coordinates	6°12′54″S 106°52′13″E
Elevation	16 metres (52 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Transportation (Indonesia)
Line(s)	Bekasi-Jakarta Kota Bogor-Jatinegara Depok-Jatinegara
Platforms	3 island platform, 1 side platform
Tracks	5
Construction
Parking	Not Available
Other information
Station code	JNG
History
Opened	1910
Rebuilt	2021 (target completion year)
Services
Preceding station   KRL Jabodetabek   Following station Cipinang toward Bekasi Bekasi-Jakarta Kota Manggarai toward Jakarta Kota Pondok Jati toward Bogor Bogor-Jatinegara Terminus Pondok Jati toward Depok Depok-Jatinegara
Location
Jatinegara Station Location within Jakarta

All but a few intercity trains originating from cities west of Jakarta stop at Jatinegara[lower-alpha 1]; however, all trains heading to those cities pass the station. The government is planning to make the station into a terminus for some of these trains.

History

Before the construction of the station, the area where the current building stood was known as swamp named "Rawa Bangke". Jatinegara station was built in 1910 during the Dutch colonial period. It was known then as Meester Cornelis station. The station was designed by S. Snuyff, the head of the department of public work of the Indies at that time. Jatinegara station was the main station for the independent municipality of Meester Cornelis (now Jatinegara, a subdistrict of Jakarta). The station was meant to be the main connection to the east (Bandung).[1][2]

Notes

1. Intercity trains that does not stop at Jatinegara are: the Gumarang, the Kertajaya, the Tawang Jaya, early-morning services of the Argo Parahyangan, the Pangandaran, the Walahar Express/Cilamaya Express and local trains for Jatiluhur railway station.

References

1. "Meester Cornelis, Stasiun". Ensiklopedi Jakarta (in Indonesian). Dinas Komunikasi, Informatika dan Kehumasan Pemprov DKI Jakarta. 2010. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
2. Stasiun Jatinegara Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Jakarta.go.id

External links

Media related to Jatinegara Station at Wikimedia Commons

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