en Sawah Besar railway station

Location
	Sawah Besar Station Location in Jakarta

B04
Sawah Besar Station

*Stasiun Sawah Besar*
B04; Sawah Besar Station; Stasiun Sawah Besar
	Sawah Besar Station
General information
Location	Jl. Kyai Haji Samanhudi, Sawah Besar, Central Jakarta; Jakarta; Indonesia
Coordinates	6°09′38″S 106°49′40″E / 6.160667°S 106.827639°E
Elevation	+15 m (49 ft)
Owned by	Kereta Api Indonesia
Operated by	KAI Commuter
Line(s)	Bogor Line;
Platforms	2 (side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Available
Other information
Station code	SW
History
Opened	15 September 1871 (NIS)
Opening	05 June 1992
Electrified	06 April 1925
Previous names	Sawah Besaar Station
Services
Location
Location
	Sawah Besar Station Location in Jakarta

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.

History

Sawah Besar Station is one of the oldest railway stations in Batavia, located on the Batavia–Weltevreden section of the Batavia–Buitenzorg railway line which was inaugurated by the Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij (NIS) on 15 September 1871. Initially, this station was a simple train stop. which was named Sawah Besaar and changed its name to Sawah Besar in the late 1890s.^[4]^[5]

On 5 June 1992,^[3] 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^[3] spent Rp 432,5 billion^{[citation needed]} and when it was inaugurated it was not completely finished until finally it could be fully operational a year later.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Building and layout

The Sawah Besar Station building is modern with a touch of lilac colored panels which are still maintained to this day and have never been painted, only the pillars of the platform have now been painted pale pink. It is known that the project, which began in February 1988, spent Rp. 432.5 billion and was not fully completed when it was inaugurated, so that it was fully operational a year later.^[1]^[8]

This station has only two railway lines.


Platform floor	Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side
	Line 1	← (Mangga Besar) Bogor Line to Jakarta Kota
	Line 2	Bogor Line to Bogor (Juanda) →
	Side platform, the doors are opened on the right side

Services

The following is a list of train services at the Sawah Besar Station.

Passenger services

KAI Commuter
- Bogor Line, to Jakarta Kota and Bogor
- Bogor Line (Nambo branch), to Jakarta Kota and Nambo

Supporting transportation


Type	Route	Destinatiom
Mikrotrans Jak Lingko	JAK-10	Jakarta Kota–Tanah Abang
Mikrolet^[9]	M12	Senen–Jakarta Kota

References

^ ^a ^b "Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "Heritage - Kereta Api Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Awal Mula Jalur Layang Kereta di Indonesia - Historia" (in Indonesian). Hendaru Tri Hanggoro. 19 April 2019.
^ Lohanda, Mona. (2007). Sejarah para pembesar mengatur Batavia (Cet. 1 ed.). Depok: Masup Jakarta. ISBN 978-979-25-7295-7. OCLC 225750927.
^ Burgerlijke Openbare Werken (1896). Statistiek van het vervoer op de spoorwegen en tramwegen met machinale beweegkracht in Nederlandsch-Indië. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij.
^ Rudi, Alsadad (30 August 2013). "Setelah 22 Tahun, Proyek Jalur Layang Kereta Jakarta Dilanjutkan". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ Kayang, U. (2019). Keping-keping Kota. Bantul: Basabasi. p. 92.
^ ^a ^b "Kereta Layang: Melayang di Atas Jalur Kumuh". Majalah Tempo. 22: 32. 1992.
^ "Daftar Trayek Angkutan Umum DKI Jakarta". Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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[:0a-1] "Buku Informasi Direktorat Jenderal Perkeretaapian 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[2] "Heritage - Kereta Api Indonesia" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2020.

[KRL-3] "Awal Mula Jalur Layang Kereta di Indonesia - Historia" (in Indonesian). Hendaru Tri Hanggoro. 19 April 2019.

[4] Lohanda, Mona. (2007). Sejarah para pembesar mengatur Batavia (Cet. 1 ed.). Depok: Masup Jakarta. ISBN 978-979-25-7295-7. OCLC 225750927.

[5] Burgerlijke Openbare Werken (1896). Statistiek van het vervoer op de spoorwegen en tramwegen met machinale beweegkracht in Nederlandsch-Indië. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij.

[6] Rudi, Alsadad (30 August 2013). "Setelah 22 Tahun, Proyek Jalur Layang Kereta Jakarta Dilanjutkan". KOMPAS.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[7] Kayang, U. (2019). Keping-keping Kota. Bantul: Basabasi. p. 92.

[:1-8] "Kereta Layang: Melayang di Atas Jalur Kumuh". Majalah Tempo. 22: 32. 1992.

[9] "Daftar Trayek Angkutan Umum DKI Jakarta". Pemerintah Provinsi DKI Jakarta. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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Sawah Besar railway station