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.

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Sawah Besar Station
General information
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	KAI Commuter
Line(s)	Bogor Line
Platforms	2 (side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Available
Other information
Station code	SW[1]
History
Opened	15 September 1871 (1871-09-15) (NIS)[2]
Opening	5 June 1992 (1992-06-05) [3]
Electrified	6 April 1925 (1925-04-06) [3]
Previous names	Sawah Besaar Station
Services
Preceding station Following station Mangga Besar towards Jakarta Kota Bogor Line Juanda towards Bogor Bogor Line Nambo branch Juanda towards Nambo
Location Sawah Besar Station Location in Jakarta

History

Sawah Besaar Station, unknown date.

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