Velbak (Transjakarta)

Velbak is a Transjakarta bus rapid transit station located on Ciledug Raya Street, Gunung, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Indonesia, serving Corridor 13. It is connected by a long transfer skybridge to the Kebayoran BRT station that serves Corridor 8, as well as the Kebayoran KRL station on the Rangkasbitung Line.

1306 Velbak
View of the platform area
General information
Location	Ciledug Raya Street Gunung, Kebayoran Baru (northern side) Kramat Pela, Kebayoran Baru (southern side) South Jakarta, Indonesia
Coordinates	6.239380°S 106.785302°E / -6.239380; 106.785302
System	Transjakarta bus rapid transit station
Owned by	Transjakarta
Operated by	Transjakarta
Lines
Platforms	Single island platform
Connections	Kebayoran Kebayoran
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	7 July 2018 (2018-07-07)
Rebuilt	24 December 2022 (2022-12-24)
Services
Preceding Following Kebayoran Lama towards CBD Ciledug Corridor 13 05:00-22:00 Mayestik towards Tegal Mampang Kebayoran Lama towards Puri Beta 2 Corridor 13 22:00-05:00 Corridor 13 Route 13B Mayestik towards Pancoran Corridor 13 Route 13E Only available on weekends Mayestik towards Flyover Kuningan Petukangan d'Masiv towards Puri Beta 2 Corridor 13 Route L13E Only available on weekdays CSW 1 towards Flyover Kuningan Bungur towards Lebak Bulus Corridor 8 via Tomang transfer at Kebayoran Simprug towards Pasar Baru Corridor 8 via Cideng transfer at Kebayoran Connecting services Preceding station Following station Palmerah towards Tanah Abang Rangkasbitung Line transfer at Kebayoran Pondok Ranji towards Rangkasbitung
Location

The name "Velbak" comes from the Dutch words vuil, which means "trash", and bak, which means "bin" or "storage". The area is often called vuilnisbak, which refers to a landfill that used to exist near the Grogol River, located south of the station, that also borders Kebayoran Baru from Kebayoran Lama.^[1]

History

The station only opened on 7 July 2018, almost nine months after the official opening of Corridor 13 in August 2017, due to the lighting works that were still ongoing when the line started operations.^[2] The station was the second last to open, alongside Rawa Barat station, before CSW 1 station opened many years later.^[3]

In March 2022, construction of a new skybridge was started to connect Velbak station with Kebayoran station to make an interchange between Corridors 8 and 13, as well as to integrate them with Kebayoran KRL station.^[4] As a follow-up, Velbak was closed on 29 August 2022 for escalator installation.^[5] Although the skybridge was still under construction, the station reopened on 24 December 2022.^[6] The skybridge opened for public trial on 21-24 January 2023 and was inaugurated on 27 January 2023 by the Acting Governor of Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono.^[7][8][9] The skybridge initially attracted criticism as it was entirely within Transjakarta's paid area, forcing pedestrians to tap their card and pay even for crossing the road without using the BRT services. In response, Transjakarta installed a separator in the middle of the bridge to separate the paid transfer area from the unpaid public area to allow pedestrians to use the bridge to cross the street without entering the BRT system.^[10]

Station layout

North	towards Tegal Mampang and towards Pancoran	towards Flyover Kuningan (Mayestik/CSW 1) →
Island platform, doors open on the right
South	← (Kebayoran Lama/Petukangan d'Masiv) towards CBD Ciledug and towards Puri Beta 2

Non-BRT bus services

The following non-BRT services serve areas around Velbak station, last updated on 17 September 2024:

Type	Route	Destination	Notes
Transjakarta Non-BRT		Pesanggrahan— Blok M	Outside the station
		Meruya Selatan—Blok M
		Velbak—Pasar Minggu via Jeruk Purut
		Blok M—Joglo
		Bintaro—Blok M	Inside Kebayoran station
		Kebayoran—Petamburan via Asia Afrika Street	Inside Kebayoran station
Mikrotrans by Transjakarta	JAK 93	Kebayoran Lama—Jeruk Purut	Outside the station

Gallery

• 
  The station viewed from the skybridge
• 
  Fare gates, 2023
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  Escalators, 2023
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  Toilets inside the station
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  Praying room inside the station