BNI City railway station

BNI City station (Indonesian: Stasiun BNI City) is a station for the Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link service. Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) holds the naming rights for the station,[2] which was known as Sudirman Baru station (English: New Sudirman station) during construction period. The station is located in Central Jakarta,[3] on the north bank of West Flood Canal, about a hundred meters from Sudirman Commuter Rail station. The station is part of Dukuh Atas TOD.

BNI City station

Stasiun BNI City
BNI City station at day
LocationCentral Jakarta, Jakarta
Indonesia
Coordinates6.201917°S 106.820913°E / -6.201917; 106.820913
Owned byIndonesian Railway Company
Operated byRailink
Line(s) Soekarno-Hatta Airport Rail Link
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeGround
ParkingAvailable
Disabled accessAvailable
Other information
Station codeBNC
History
Opened26 December 2017[1]
Services
Preceding station   Soekarno–Hatta Airport Rail Link   Following station
Duri
toward SHIA
  SHIA–Manggarai   Manggarai
Terminus
Location
BNI City station
Location in Jakarta

New Sudirman station has three floors and is about 500 metres (1,600 feet) in length. On the ground floor, a number of station support facilities such as escalators, tap-in and tap-out machines, ticket vending machines, two seating areas for passengers, and lifts are located. There are also food outlets, minimarkets, toilets, mosques, clinics, and self-service flight check-in machines.

The upstairs of the station will also be used for platform, which is 240 metres (790 feet) long and 32 metres (105 feet) wide. There are four escalators in the station. The station has a parking lot.[4]

Naming rights

The station is named as BNI City (Indonesian: Stasiun BNI City), after its naming rights was purchased by Bank Negara Indonesia.[5] It is the first railway station in Indonesia which granted its naming rights to a corporation. [6]

Other public transportation

As the station is part of Dukuh Atas TOD, it is integrated with several mode of public transportation available in Jakarta. The station is located on the north bank of the West Flood Canal, about hundred meters away from Sudirman station of Jakarta Commuter service. Sudirman station serves KA Commuter line Jatinegara–Bogor.

TransJakarta operates 4 feeder routes from the Dukuh Atas TOD area with a fare of Rp 3,500 (about 25 US cents). Transit to the main corridor is not possible from these 4 routes. The routes are:

Aside from the Dukuh Atas TOD routes, there are a number of routes that stops by the TOD area. The routes are :

  • Corridor 1N (Tanah Abang - Blok M) towards Tanah Abang
  • Corrdior 1P (Bundaran Senayan - Senen) towards Senen
  • Corridor 9D (Tanah Abang - Pasar Minggu) towards Tanah Abang
  • Corridor GR1 (Harmoni - Bundaran Senayan) towards Harmoni

The station can also be reached by Corridor 1 from Tosari shelter or Dukuh Atas 1 Shelter, Corridors 4 and 6 from Dukuh Atas 2 Shelter.[7]

The station is already integrated with Jakarta MRT BNI City station and will be integrated with Jakarta LRT in the future.

Some regular buses also stops by the TOD area. The routes are :

  • Mayasari Bakti AC52 (Tanah Abang - Bekasi Timur) towards Tanah Abang
  • Mayasari Bakti AC52A (Tanah Abang - Jatiasih) towards Tanah Abang
  • Mayasari Bakti AC70 (Tanah Abang - Kampung Rambutan) towards Tanah Abang
  • Mayasari Bakti AC70A (Tanah Abang - Cileungsi) towards Tanah Abang
  • Mayasari Bakti (Tanah Abang - Ciawi) towards Tanah Abang
  • Kopaja P19 (Tanah Abang - Blok M - Ragunan Depan) towards Tanah Abang
  • MetroMini S640 (Tanah Abang - Pasar Minggu) towards Tanah Abang

See also

References

  1. "Jakarta airport rail link opens, proves a hit with travellers". Straits Times. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. "BNI Peroleh Hak Penggunaan Nama Stasiun BNI City". infobanknews.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  3. "Menanti Operasionalisasi Stasiun Sudirman Baru dan Kereta Bandara". Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  4. "Akan Dilintasi Kereta Bandara, Begini Penampakan Stasiun Sudirman Baru". Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  5. "BNI Peroleh Hak Penggunaan Nama Stasiun BNI City". infobanknews.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. "Menanti Operasionalisasi Stasiun Sudirman Baru dan Kereta Bandara". Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  7. "Menuju Stasiun Sudirman Baru Bisa Naik Transjakarta, Ini Rutenya". Kompas (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 December 2017.
Preceding station   Kereta Api Indonesia   Following station
Karet
towards Tanah Abang
  Jakarta Railway
THB–MRI
  Sudirman
towards Manggarai
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