Harmoni (Transjakarta)

Harmoni is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located in Hayam Wuruk street, Jakarta, Indonesia. The name of the station comes from the Harmony Society Building, which once stood nearby its area. It used to be a central station and transit point between corridor 1, 2, 3, 8, and other routes. Due to the ongoing construction of the Jakarta MRT, the operational of the station has moved into a temporary building located at the north of the original building.^[1] The temporary building has limited capacity that can only serves corridor 1 only and several routes have to be rerouted.^[2]

115 Harmoni
The east temporary building of the station. The original building has been demolished for the construction of the Jakarta MRT
General information
Other names	Harmoni Central, Harmoni Central Busway, HCB
Location	Hayam Wuruk Street, Kebon Kelapa, Gambir, Central Jakarta 10120, Indonesia
System	Transjakarta bus rapid transit station
Owned by	Transjakarta
Operated by	Transjakarta
Lines
Platforms	Two island platforms with separate paid area per platform (one in service, one unused)
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible
Other information
Status	In service with temporary building
History
Opened	15 January 2004 (2004-01-15) (soft launch) 1 February 2004 (2004-02-01) (commercial operational)
Closed	4 March 2023 (2023-03-04) (original building)
Services
Preceding Following Monumen Nasional towards Blok M Corridor 1 Sawah Besar towards Kali Besar Petojo towards Damai Corridor 3 Route 3H Sawah Besar towards Kota Connecting services Preceding station Following station Monas towards Lebak Bulus North-South Line under construction transfer at Harmoni Sawah Besar towards Kota
Location

History

Harmoni BRT station seen from Bank Tabungan Negara headquarters. Taken in 2009

Harmoni BRT station was first opened on 15 January 2004, along with the soft launch of corridor 1. It has already designated as the main transit hub and central station of the TransJakarta BRT system, hence the name Harmoni Central Busway.^{[citation needed]}

The original building was built above the Ciliwung river and had a large capacity up to 500 people with 18 platform bays, accessible with a pedestrian bridge. Several routes that serves this station were corridors 1, 2, 3, 5C, 5H, 7F, 8, 8A, 9B, 10H, and 12M.

On 20 February 2023, TransJakarta and Jakarta MRT announced that Harmoni BRT station would be closed and moved its operational into a temporary building on 3 March 2023, due to the construction of the Harmoni MRT station as the part of the MRT's North–South Line extension from Bundaran HI to Kota.^{[3][unreliable source?]} However, it was delayed for one day.^[4] Eventually, on 4 March 2023, Harmoni BRT station was closed and all of its operational moved into two separated temporary buildings.^{[2][5][unreliable source?]}

Due to the limited capacity of the temporary buildings, several routes have to be rerouted, such as corridor 2 which temporarily terminates at Monas, corridor 3 at Bundaran HI (shortened to Monas on 29 May^{[6][unreliable source?]}), corridor 7F extended to Juanda, and corridor 8 extended to Pasar Baru by merging corridor 8A (Grogol 2–Juanda).^[2][5] To accommodate passengers whom affeceted by this readjusment, TransJakarta operates one temporary route, namely 3H (Jelambar–Kota).^[5] TransJakarta operates corridor 3H because passengers of corridor 3 who wanted to go to Kota Tua Jakarta usually transit at Harmoni. Therefore, a temporary route have to be provided to accommodate affected passengers. TransJakarta also operates 2ST temporary route (Juanda–Bundaran HI), which was closed on 16 November 2023.

The temporary building operational and route readjusments will last until the MRT construction completed in 2029 or 2030.^[1]

Building and layout

Since 4 March 2023, Harmoni BRT station operates with two separated temporary buildings each located in Jalan Gajah Mada on west side and Jalan Hayam Wuruk on the east side.^[7] The west building (at Jalan Gajah Mada) only serves northbound buses (corridor 1 towards Kota), and the east building (at Jalan Hayam Wuruk) only serves southbound buses (corridor 1 towards Blok M).

As of 26 August 2023, the west building of Harmoni BRT station was deactivated due to a traffic diversion to support the MRT construction. Currently, the east building at Jalan Hayam Wuruk is serving buses from both directions.^[8]

Ciliwung River
East temporary building	West	to Kota (Sawah Besar) →
	Island platform, the platform doors are opened on the right side of the direction of travel
	East	← (Monumen Nasional/Petojo) to Blok M and to Damai

Non-BRT bus services

Type	Route	Destination	Notes
Transjakarta city bus		Pantai Maju Promenade–Balai Kota (regular)	Inside the station

Places nearby

• Indonesian Presidential Palace Complex
  • Istana Merdeka
  • Istana Negara
  • Ministry of the State Secretariat
• Bank BTN head office
• Duta Merlin (former site of Hotel des Indes)
• Harris Hotel

Controversy

In August 2022, a coffee shop was opened at Harmoni, which occupied almost half of the passegeway of the station that disturbs the highly crowded passenger flow.^[9] On 2 September 2022, after being protested by passengers, the coffee shop was eventually removed.^[10][11]

Incidents

On 8 October 2020, protesters of the omnibus law protest burned several parts of Harmoni BRT station. The station suffers a heavy damage, where the glass were broken, debris scattered around, and the walls were vandalized.^[12][13]

Gallery

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  Harmoni BRT station original building, prior to the construction of the Jakarta MRT, 2016
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  Harmoni BRT station view from Jalan Gajah Mada, 2009
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  Transjakarta articulated bus fleets at Harmoni, 2016
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  A long queue at Harmoni BRT station during rush hours, 2014
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  Crowds inside Harmoni BRT station, 2006
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  The platform area of the station, 2022
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  Corridor 8 bus fleet entering Harmoni, 2022