Sawah Besar railway station

Sawah Besar Station (Formerly Sawah Besaar Station) is a railway station, located on Jl. Kyai Haji Samanhudi. Altitude this station is 15 meters amsl, this station is one of seven elevated stations on Jakarta railway's Jakarta Kota–Manggarai segment, and is named after the Jakarta subdistrict with the same name. Pasar Baru market is within walking distance from this station.

Sawah Besar Station Stasiun Sawah Besar
Sawah Besar Station
Location	Jl. Kyai Haji Samanhudi, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta Jakarta Indonesia
Coordinates	6.160667°S 106.827639°E / -6.160667; 106.827639
Elevation	+15 m (49 ft)
Owned by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Operated by	Kereta Commuter Indonesia
Line(s)	Red Line Blue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Available
Other information
Station code	SW
History
Opened	31 January 1873 (31 January 1873) (NIS) [1]
Opening	05 June 1992 (05 June 1992) [2]
Electrified	06 April 1925 (06 April 1925) [2]
Previous names	Sawah Besaar Station
Services
Preceding station   KRL Jabodetabek   Following station Juanda toward Bogor Bogor-Jakarta Kota Mangga Besar toward Jakarta Kota Juanda toward Depok Depok-Jakarta Kota Juanda toward Cikarang Cikarang-Jakarta Kota Juanda toward Bekasi Bekasi-Jakarta Kota
Location
Sawah Besar Station Location in Jakarta

History

Sawah Besaar Station, unknown date.

On 5 June 1992,[2] President Suharto along with Mrs. Tien and staff in the government inaugurated the elevated track by riding the train from Gambir to Jakarta Kota station. The building of Sawah Besar Station is modern with touches of pink and white panels, which to this day are still preserved and have not been repainted. It is known, the project which was started in February 1988[2] spent Rp432,5 billion rupiah and when it was inaugurated it was not completely finished until finally it could be fully operational a year later.

Services

The lines below are the lines that stop and serve in the Sawah Besar station.

• Red Line: to Jakarta Kota and Bogor
• Red Line (Depok branch): to Jakarta Kota and Depok
• Blue Line: to Jakarta Kota and Cikarang
• Blue Line (Bekasi branch): to Jakarta Kota and Bekasi

References

1. "Heritage - Kereta Api Indonesia" (in Indonesian).
2. "Awal Mula Jalur Layang Kereta di Indonesia - Historia" (in Indonesian). Hendaru Tri Hanggoro.

Preceding station		Kereta Api Indonesia		Following station
Mangga Besar towards Jakarta Kota		Jakarta railway JAKK–MRI		Juanda towards Manggarai